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

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

10 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2009

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Gerald Lebovits

Columbia University - Law School; Fordham University School of Law; New York University School of Law

Lucero Ramirez Hidalgo

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: Spring/Summer 2009

Abstract

This article offers advice to new law clerks and judicial interns on how to help their judges draft a judicial opinion.

Keywords: legal writing, judgment writing, judgement writing, opinion writing, law clerk, judicial intern

Suggested Citation

Lebovits, Gerald and Hidalgo, Lucero Ramirez, Advice to Law Clerks: How to Draft Your First Judicial Opinion (Spring/Summer 2009). Westchester Bar Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1439840

Gerald Lebovits (Contact Author)

Columbia University - Law School ( email )

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United States

HOME PAGE: http://https://law.columbia.edu/faculty/gerald-lebovits

Fordham University School of Law ( email )

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New York, NY 10023
United States

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New York University School of Law ( email )

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New York, NY 10012
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.law.nyu.edu/graduateaffairs/graduatelawyering/facultybios

Lucero Ramirez Hidalgo

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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