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Santa Clara University School of Law

Wanted: More legal writing skills

Thu, 03/19/2009 - 3:11pm -- Editors

Results from the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement reveal that many students don’t feel like they get enough real-life legal writing practice in their law school curriculum.

Nearly half of responding participants said they did not have enough practice developing their legal writing skills and more than a third reported to need additional opportunities for practice-based writing assignments.