Legal Writing: A Skill Polish Law Students Should Master in Law School

8 Warsaw U. L. Rev. 148 (2008)

10 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2015

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Henry Thomas Wihnyk

University of Florida Levin College of Law

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

For the past ten years legal skills faculty from the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Department of Legal Research, Writing and Appellate Advocacy have taught Legal Writing at the Center for American Law Studies at Warsaw University, Poland as part of its program of introducing Polish law students to the American legal system and its doctrines. This course, unlike the doctrinal courses taught in the Center and taught as part of the students’ regular legal studies, requires active involvement by the students in practicing a skill used by lawyers in the United States. The success of this course, the enthusiasm of the students taking the course, and the changing climate of the practice of law in Eastern and Central Europe, all point to the need for expanding this skill training to the regular curriculum in Polish law schools.

This paper will discuss the importance of training law students in the skills of legal writing, it will provide an overview of the methods used in American law schools and, specifically, at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, it will review the methods used to teach legal writing at the Center for American Law Studies, and, finally, will provide a call for incorporating legal writing training in the regular curricula of law schools in Poland.

Suggested Citation

Wihnyk, Henry Thomas, Legal Writing: A Skill Polish Law Students Should Master in Law School (2008). 8 Warsaw U. L. Rev. 148 (2008), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2701535

Henry Thomas Wihnyk (Contact Author)

University of Florida Levin College of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 117625
Gainesville, FL 32611-7625
United States

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