A few years ago a paper was released on SSRN by Professor Neil W. Hamilton entitled Changing Markets Create Opportunities: Emphasizing the Competencies Legal Employers Use in Hiring New Lawyers (Including Professional Formation/Professionalism). I thought it sounded...
Many law students and new lawyers are obsessed with things such as rank, grades, and law review. But (thanks to the Legal Skills Prof Blog) I recently came across an empirical research study on SSRN that shows that those things have very little to do with one’s...
From time-to-time I review law review articles on writing, looking for skills and best practices in my own writing. I recently came across two articles on the topic: Legal Writing for the “Real World”: A Practical Guide to Success (PDF link) by...