Making a Case for Legal Writing Instruction … Worldwide

Abstract

This article discusses the merits of teaching legal analysis and writing and of developing a legal writing program at a faculty of law, and recommends that law faculties around the world incorporate this subject. Once absent from the American law school curriculum, this subject has become a required subject in all American law schools over the past 25 years. The article suggests steps for implementing a legal writing course or program, and offers a variety of resources for doing so.

Keywords: legal writing, legal skills, curriculum development, American legal education, globalization of the law school curriculum