Bibliography for “Creative Problems, Engaged Students:
A Process-Oriented Approach to Designing Legal Writing Problems”
Prepared by Mary Bowman and Janet Dickson, Seattle University School of Law
General Articles on Designing Assignments/Setting Goals for Assignments
o Lorraine Bannai et. al., Sailing Through Designing Memo Assignments, 5 Legal
Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 193 (1999).
o Jo Anne Durako, Building Confidence and Competence in Legal Research Skills: Step
by Step, 5 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 87 (1997).
o Gail Anne Kintzer et. al., Rule Based Legal Writing Problems: A Pedagogical
Approach, 3 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 143 (1997).
o Jan M. Levine, Designing Assignments for Integrating Legal Analysis, Research, and
Writing, 3 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 58 (1995).
o Stephen Nathanson, Designing Problems to Teach Legal Problem Solving, 34 Cal. W.
L. Rev. 325 (1998) (focused somewhat more on skills training, but criteria for
effective problems also apply to more traditional legal writing problems).
o J. Christopher Rideout & Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: A Revised View, 69 Wash.
L. Rev. 35 (1994) (particularly section on designing useful program content).
o Helene S. Shapo & Mary S. Lawrence, Designing the First Writing Assignment, 5
Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 94 (1997).
o Grace Tonner & Diana Pratt, Selecting and Designing Effective Legal Writing
Problems, 3 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 163 (1997).
Articles on Using Particular Areas of Law for Legal Writing Assignments
o Barbara P. Blumenfeld, Integrating Indian Law Into a First Year Legal Writing
Course, 37 Tulsa L. Rev. 503 (2001).
o Beth D. Cohen, Instilling an Appreciation of Legal Ethics and Professional
Responsibility in First Year Legal Writing Courses, 4 Perspectives: Teaching Legal
Research and Writing 5 (1995).
o Diane Penneys Edelman, Opening Our Doors to the World: Introducing
International Law in Legal Writing and Legal Research Courses, 5 Perspectives:
Teaching Legal Research and Writing 1 (1996).
o Joseph W. Glannon et. al., Coordinating Civil Procedure with Legal Research and
Writing: A Field Experiment, 47 J. Legal Educ. 246 (1997).
o Robert M. Jarvis, Using Entertainment Law to Teach Legal Writing, 3 Ent. & Sports
L.J. 243 (1986).
o Susan P. Liemer, Many Birds, One Stone: Teaching the Law You Love, in Legal
Writing Class, 53 J. Legal Educ. 284 (2003).
Articles on Incorporating Social Justice/Diversity/Pro Bono
o Brook K. Baker, Incorporating Diversity and Social Justices Issues in Legal Writing
Programs, 9 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 51 (2001).
o Charles R. Calleros, In the Spirit of Regina Austin’s Contextual Analysis: Exploring
Racial Context in Legal Method, Writing Assignments and Scholarship, 34 J.
Marshall L. Rev. 281 (2000) (includes appendix summarizing legal writing problems
raising issues of diversity or social concern).
o Charles R. Calleros, Training a Diverse Student Body for a Multicultural Society, 8
La Raza L.J. 140 (1995).
o Rebecca A. Cochran, Legal Research and Writing Programs as Vehicles for Law
Student Pro Bono Service, 8 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 429 (1999).
o Pamela Edwards & Sheilah Vance, Teaching Social Justice Through Legal Writing, 7
Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 63 (2001).
o Glenn Omatsu, Teaching for Social Change: Learning How to Afflict the Comfortable
and Comfort the Afflicted, 32 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 791 (1999) (discusses pedagogy that
could be applied to legal writing problem design).
Articles on Combining Legal Writing With Skills Training
o Lucia Ann Silecchia, Legal Skills Training in the First Year of Law School:
Research? Writing? Analysis? Or More?, 100 Dick. L. Rev. 245 (1996).
Articles on Creativity In Designing Assignments
o James B. Levy, Dead Bodies and Dueling: Be Creative in Developing Ideas for Open
Universe Memoranda, 7 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 13
(1998).
o Kathleen Magone & Steven I. Friedland, The Paradox of Creative Legal Analysis:
Venturing into the Wilderness, 79 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 571 (2002) (bringing
creative arts into the law school classroom).