Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors

The Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors released its Fall 2009 volume, titled "Best Practices in Persuasion." The Journal can be found here and contains the following articles:

Preface

Articles

Got Issues? An Empirical Study about Framing Them Judith D. Fischer

The Power of Brevity: Adopt Abraham Lincoln's Habits Julie A. Oseid

The Poetry of Persuasion: Early Literary Theory and Its Advice to Legal Writers Stephen E. Smith

Persuasion: An Annotated Bibliography Kathryn Stanchi

Classics

The Narrative Construction of Legal Reality Richard K. Sherwin

Characterization and Legal Discourse Laura E. Little

General Articles

Legal Writing and Disciplinary Knowledge-Building: A Comparative Study Douglas M. Coulson

"The Play of Those Who Have Not Yet Heard of Games": Creativity, Compliance, and the "Good Enough" Law Teacher Mary R. Falk