Legal Writing

  • Writing and the Law: A Faculty Panel

    Writing and the Law: A Faculty Panel Lunch Served Writing is the lifeblood of a career in law. In this interactive panel, four YLS faculty members will share their writing processes and tips for writing across a wide range of genres, including research, journalism, policy, and legal documents like briefs, memos, and contracts. The panelists will discuss the practices that have sustained the…

  • Writing in Legal Practice

    Are you heading off to a summer associate job, internship, or clerkship? If so, the GWL Writing in Practice series is for you! In these interactive workshops, we will review the key writing components of legal memos and appellate briefs. We’ll discuss the purpose of each genre, discuss writing goals and strategies for each section of the documents, and respond to factual scenarios. You’ll leav…

  • Writing in Legal Practice Part 2

    Are you heading off to a summer associate job, internship, or clerkship? If so, the GWL Writing in Practice series is for you! In these interactive workshops, we will review the key writing components of legal memos and appellate briefs. We’ll discuss the purpose of each genre, discuss writing goals and strategies for each section of the documents, and respond to factual scenarios. You’ll leav…
  • Writing in Legal Practice Part 1

    Are you heading off to a summer associate job, internship, or clerkship? If so, the GWL Writing in Practice series is for you! In these interactive workshops, we will review the key writing components of legal memos and appellate briefs. We’ll discuss the purpose of each genre, discuss writing goals and strategies for each section of the documents, and respond to factual scenarios. You’ll leav…