SSRN Legal Education eJournal

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Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2017

Working Paper Series

Allen Rostron and Nancy Levit

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law and University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Downloads 39,746

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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be...Lawyers

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Paper No. 09-29

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2010

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Herwig J. Schlunk

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 10,210

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Federal Student Loan Repayment Assistance for Public Interest Lawyers and Other Employees of Governments and Nonprofit Organizations

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 36, p. 27, 2007

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Philip G. Schrag

Georgetown University Law Center

Downloads 9,938

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Logic for Law Students: How to Think Like a Lawyer

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2007

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2014

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Ruggero J. Aldisert, Stephen Clowney and Jeremy Peterson

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, University of Arkansas - School of Law and Arnold & Porter LLP

Downloads 9,367

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Beyond the Hart/Dworkin Debate: The Methodology Problem in Jurisprudence

U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 34

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Mar 2005

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Brian Leiter

University of Chicago

Downloads 7,524

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Constitutional Curiosities: a Twenty-One Question Scavenger Hunt

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-45

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Sep 2006

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James Ming Chen

Michigan State University - College of Law

Downloads 6,815

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Ranking Law Schools, 2015: Student Aptitude, Employment Outcome, and Law Review Citations

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2624399

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015

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Alfred L. Brophy

University of Alabama - School of Law

Downloads 6,017

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What Courses Should Law Students Take? Harvard's Largest Employers Weigh In

HLS Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2014-12, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 14-20

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2014

Accepted Paper Series

John C. Coates, IV, Jesse M. Fried and Kathryn E. Spier

Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Law School - Faculty

Downloads 6,002

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A Revealed-Preferences Ranking of Law Schools

Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2017

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Christopher J. Ryan Jr. and Brian L. Frye

Vanderbilt University, Peabody College - Higher Education Law & Policy and University of Kentucky - College of Law

Downloads 5,834

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What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success

83 George Washington Law Review 554 (2015), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 667

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 13 May 2015

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Lawrence S. Krieger and Kennon M. Sheldon

Florida State University College of Law and University of Missouri at Columbia - Department of Psychological Sciences

Downloads 5,618

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The Cat in the Microwave? (Die Katze in der Mikrowelle?)

Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Vol. 8, p. 598, 2003

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Jan 2004

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Georg Wenglorz and Patrick S. Ryan

Independent and Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Interdisciplinary Center for Law and Information Technology (ICRI)

Downloads 5,268

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Law School Rankings

Indiana U School of Law Symposium on the Next Generation of Law School Rankings Paper

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Apr 2005

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Richard A. Posner

University of Chicago Law School

Downloads 5,086

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Understanding the U.S. News Law School Rankings

Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2007-25, Southern Methodist University Law Review, 2007

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 13 Oct 2006

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Theodore P. Seto

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Downloads 4,942

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Are We Selling Results or Résumés?: The Underexplored Linkage between Human Resource Strategies and Firm-Specific Capital

Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 105

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2008

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William D. Henderson

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Downloads 4,561

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The Economic Value of a Law Degree

HLS Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2013-6

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2014

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Michael Simkovic and Frank McIntyre

USC Gould School of Law and Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,101

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Ranking Law Schools with LSATs, Employment Outcomes, and Law Review Citations

91 Indiana Law Journal Supplement 55 (2015), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2456032

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Alfred L. Brophy

University of Alabama - School of Law

Downloads 4,043

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Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2015: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third

12 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 100 (2015), U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-12

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2016

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Gregory C. Sisk, Valerie Aggerbeck, Nick Farris, Megan McNevin and Maria Pitner

University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), University of St. Thomas - School of Law (Minnesota), University of St. Thomas - School of Law (Minnesota), University of St. Thomas - School of Law (Minnesota) and Independent

Downloads 3,979

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Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016

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Nancy Levit, Lawrence Duncan MacLachlan, Allen Rostron and Drew Greaves

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law and University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Downloads 3,804

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LSAT Scores of Economics Majors: The 2008-2009 Class Update

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Jul 2009

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Michael Nieswiadomy

University of North Texas - Department of Economics

Downloads 3,322

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Tiger Cub Strikes Back: Memoirs of an Ex-Child Prodigy About Legal Education and Parenting

1 British Journal of American Legal Studies 297 (2012)

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Peter H. Huang

University of Colorado Law School

Downloads 3,146

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Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2012: Applying Leiter Scores to Rank the Top Third

University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-21

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Gregory C. Sisk, Valerie Aggerbeck, Debby Hackerson and Mary Wells

University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), University of St. Thomas - School of Law (Minnesota), Independent and Independent

Downloads 3,040

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Submission Guide for Online Law Review Supplements, Version 7.0 (7/22/2013)

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2013

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Colin Miller

University of South Carolina School of Law

Downloads 2,952

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What Happened to the Class of 2010? Empirical Evidence of Structural Change in the Legal Profession

Michigan State Law Review, p. 1043, 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 290, HLS Center on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2015-3

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016

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Deborah Jones Merritt

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Downloads 2,951

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Reproduction of Hierarchy? A Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 61, No. 1, August 2011 , CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 26 May 2011

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Daniel Martin Katz, Joshua R. Gubler, Jon Zelner, Michael James Bommarito II, Eric A. Provins and Eitan M. Ingall

Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law, Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Center for Study of Complex Systems, LexPredict, LLC, University of Michigan - Department of Political Science and Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Downloads 2,836

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Interview About Legal Philosophy

LEGAL PHILOSOPHY: 5 QUESTIONS, Automatic Press, 2007, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 120

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 May 2007

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Brian Leiter

University of Chicago

Downloads 2,817

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Event Studies: A Methodology Review

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2010

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Charles J. Corrado

Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics & Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,747

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Attractiveness, Easiness, and Other Issues: Student Evaluations of Professors on RateMyProfessors.com

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Jul 2006

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James Felton, Peter T. Koper, John B. Mitchell and Michael Stinson

Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law, Central Michigan University - Department of English Language & Literature, Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law and Central Michigan University - Department of Computer Science

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,674

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Memo to Lawyers: How Not to 'Retire and Teach'

Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 07-38, North Carolina Central Law Journal, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012

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Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

Suffolk University Law School

Downloads 2,668

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Law Deans in Jail

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-199

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 10 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2017

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Morgan Cloud and George B. Shepherd

Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law

Downloads 2,615

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Crossing the Charles: The Experiences, Networks, and Career Paths of Harvard JD/MBA Alumni

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Oct 2005

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Lynn Wood and Justin Osofsky

Independent and Independent

Downloads 2,545

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What Law Schools Can Learn from Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics

Texas Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 1483, 2004, U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 04-1

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Feb 2004

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Paul L. Caron and Rafael Gely

Pepperdine University - School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law

Downloads 2,522

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The Web of Law

San Diego Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-11

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jan 2005

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Thomas A. Smith

University of San Diego School of Law

Downloads 2,502

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Legal Advice as Moral Perspective

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-03

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Aug 2005

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Robert K. Vischer

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN - School of Law

Downloads 2,453

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Navigating the Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study of Those With All the Power -- Student Editors

U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-27, South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 465, 2008, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1002640

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2008

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Leah M. Christensen and Julie A. Oseid

Thomas Jefferson School of Law and University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)

Downloads 2,452

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What is ‘Good Legal Writing’ and Why Does it Matter?

U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 252

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 25 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2012

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Mark K. Osbeck

University of Michigan Law School

Downloads 2,402

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Why We Should Stop Teaching Dodge v. Ford

UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 07-11

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2008

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Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law School - Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute

Downloads 2,344

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Banning Laptops in the Classroom: Is it Worth the Hassles?

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 57, 2008

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012

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Kevin Yamamoto

South Texas College of Law Houston

Downloads 2,336

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Strategies and Techniques of Law School Teaching: A Primer for New (and Not So New) Professors

This article is now available as a book from Aspen Publishers, Inc. (2009).

Number of pages: 108 Posted: 27 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012

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Howard Katz and Kevin Francis O'Neill

Elon University School of Law and Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Downloads 2,333

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Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties: Extending the Leiter Rankings to the Top 70 (2010)

University of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-24

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2012

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Gregory C. Sisk, Debby Hackerson, Mary Wells and Valerie Aggerbeck

University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), Independent, Independent and University of St. Thomas - School of Law (Minnesota)

Downloads 2,328

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Top 10 Law School Home Pages of 2010

GREEN BAG ALMANAC AND READER 2011, pp. 339-366, Ross E. Davies, ed., Green Bag Press, 2011, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-01

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015

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Jason Eiseman and Roger V. Skalbeck

Yale University and University of Richmond - School of Law

Downloads 2,287

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The Relative Value of American Law Reviews: Refinement and Implementation

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 39, 2007

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Apr 2006

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Ronen Perry

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law

Downloads 2,273

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Advice to Law Clerks: How to Draft Your First Judicial Opinion

Westchester Bar Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2009

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Jul 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Gerald Lebovits and Lucero Ramirez Hidalgo

Columbia University - Law School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 2,251

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Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and....)

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 May 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012

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Robert J. Bloomfield

Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Downloads 2,230

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Unlocking the Secrets of Highly Successful Legal Writing Students

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Mar 2007

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Anne M. Enquist

Seattle University School of Law

Downloads 2,181

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My Intellectual Journey

Revista del Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de P.R. (Conmemorativa del Centenario), Vol. 75, Nos. 1-2 (2014), pp. 184-210

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Enrique Guerra-Pujol

University of Central Florida

Downloads 2,176

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Transnational Law

CLPE Research Paper No. 09/2008

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2013

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Peer C. Zumbansen

King’s College London, Dickson Poon Transnational Law Institute

Downloads 2,150

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Cracking the Code to Writing Legal Arguments: From IRAC to CRARC to Combinations in Between

New York State Bar Association Journal, Vol. 82, No. 6, July/August 2010

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Aug 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Gerald Lebovits

Columbia University - Law School

Downloads 2,144

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Stepping Up to the Podium with Confidence: A Primer for Law Students on Preparing and Delivering an Appellate Oral Argument

Stetson Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 1., p. 75, 2008

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012

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James D. Dimitri

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Downloads 2,139

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Law School Attire: A Call for a Uniform Uniform Code

Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 32, p. 419, 2007, Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-30

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Erik M. Jensen

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Downloads 2,092

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Thinking Like a Librarian: Tips for Better Legal Research

Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law, Vol. 12, p. 1, 2009, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 10-34

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Aug 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Richard Buckingham

Suffolk University Law School

Downloads 2,057

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