Practice Meets Pedagogy: Views from the
Bench, Bar, and Academy on Law School Graduates’ Legal Research and
Writing Skills
St. John’s University School of Law is pleased to announce that
it will host its first Legal Research and Writing Conference on
Friday, December 5, 2008 at the University’s Manhattan campus, near
the World Financial Center.
The conference will explore how legal research and writing as
taught in law school can best prepare new lawyers for practice in
the workplace. We plan to offer perspectives from judges, law
firms, other legal employers, and, of course, legal writing
professors. Topics will include developments in the workplace
affecting the skills expected of, and the training available to,
beginning lawyers. There will be much food for thought and
ample opportunity for holiday shopping!
Date
December 5, 2008
Please click
here to register online.
Time
8 a.m.
Location
St. John's University's Manhattan Campus
101 Murray Street (between West Street and Greenwich Street)
Directions
Conference Program
The program will include speakers from the private and public
sector. Please click here for a full agenda.
Register Online by November 14,
2008
Please click
here to register online. Registration is free
and is on a first come, first-served basis.
Hotel Accomodations
A few short blocks from St. John’s Manhattan campus, reasonably
priced, basic services:
The Cosmopolitan Hotel Tribeca
125 Chambers Street/95 West Broadway
http://www.cosmohotel.com/
(212) 566-1900
Higher priced full service hotels in the area include:
Embassy Suites Hotel New York
102 North End Avenue
(212) 945-0100
New York Marriott
World Financial Center
85 West Street
(870) 701-4444
Holiday Inn Downtown
138 Lafayette Street
(212) 966-8898
Contact Information
If you have questions, please feel free to contact one of the
following members of our legal writing faculty.
Patricia
Grande Montana
Associate Professor of Legal Writing
grandep@stjohns.edu
(718) 990-1389
Jane E.
Scott
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
scottj@stjohns.edu
(718) 990-2308