Topic: Writing
Lewis & Clark Attracts Top Scholars and Teachers In Legal Analysis and Writing.
Our highly ranked Legal Analysis and Writing department has drawn national attention with its innovative Distinguished Visitor in Legal Writing project. Each year, the school invites a leading figure in Legal Analysis and Writing to teach a semester in our first year Law program. As well as teaching, the Visitor is actively engaged in scholarship and directly contributes to the life of the school. The program’s first Visitor, Ken Chestek of Indiana University, visited for the 2009 Spring Semester. Boston College’s Dan Barnett will be our second Visitor next fall. Read more about these exciting new developments and more here.
Oregon Writing Project offers new strategies for K-12 teachers
Oregon Writing Project (OWP)’s Summer Institute, now in its 25th year, offers K-12 teachers intensive workshops on teaching the writing process, including lessons plans and revision strategies. Said OWP director Linda Christensen (pictured), “The programs help students read, solve problems, and understand concepts in every part of writing.”
Helping Children Learn to Write
A new book, Raising Writers: Understanding and Nurturing Young Children’s Writing Development (Allyn & Bacon, 144 pp.), explores how primary educators can nurture young learners through the transition from spoken to written language. Author and children’s writing enthusiast Ruth Shagoury is the Mary Stuart Rogers Professor of Education.
Legal Writing Seminar, April 4, 2008
Nationally-recognized author Mark Herrmann (The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law) will join local senior partners and the legal writing faculty to talk with law firm associates about clear writing. The local senior partners include Steve Blackhurst (Ater Wynne), Paul Conable (Tonkon Torp), Randy Foster (Stoel Rives), Margaret Kushner (Stoel Rives), and Lisa Rackner (McDowell & Rackner). To register for this seminar, please visit this link.
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