Ben Bratman

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Professor of Legal Writing

3900 Forbes Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

http://www.law.pitt.edu/people/ben-bratman

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1.

Brandeis & Warren's 'The Right to Privacy and the Birth of the Right to Privacy'

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 69, p. 623, 2002, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Feb 2009
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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privacy, right to privacy, right of privacy, Louis D. Brandeis, Samuel Warren, Harvard Law Review, legal history

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Improving the Performance of the Performance Test: The Key to Meaningful Bar Exam Reform

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 565, 2015, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-33
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2015
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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bar exam, bar exam reform, MacCrate, performance test, MPT, legal education, Best Practices, Carnegie Report

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For-Credit Bar Exam Preparation: A Legal Writing Model

The Bar Examiner, p. 26, November 26, 2007, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Oct 2008
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 205 (314,735)

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bar exam, preparation, for-credit, legal education, analysis, writing, bar passage rates

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Toward a Deeper Understanding of Professionalism: Learning to Write and Writing to Learn during the First Two Weeks of Law School

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-31, Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 32, p. 115, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Legal Education, Legal Writing, Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility

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The Folly of the Embedded Full Citation: How the Bluebook and ALWD Manuals Encourage Weak Legal Writing

The Second Draft, Vol. 34, p. 1, 2021, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-13
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2021
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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citation, legal writing, Bluebook, ALWD Guide

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Why More States Should Not Jump on the Uniform Bar Exam Bandwagon

JD Journal, June 17, 2015, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-20
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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bar exam, bar exam reform, performance test, legal education, UBE, Uniform Bar Exam, NCBE, National Conference of Bar Examiners, MBE, Multistate Bar Examination, bar admissions, licensing tests, licensing examinations, MPT, Multistate Performance Test, MEE, and Multistate Essay Examination

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Legal Knowledge: What's Relevant, What's Not? Why the Pennsylvania Bar Exam Should Focus on Federal Law, "Fundamental Legal Principles" and Legal Analysis-And Why it Should Stop Testing on Pennsylvania Law

The Pennsylvania Lawyer, March/April 2005, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Ben Bratman
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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bar exam, bar, exam, Pennsylvania Bar Exam, employment discrimination, bar exam subjects