Preparing for That Major Memorandum of Law in Legal Analysis and Writing

In this episode, Christine Coughlin, Professor of Legal Writing at Wake Forest Law School, shares tips for success on the open memorandum of law.

Some key takeaways are...

1. Clear thinking will lead to clear writing.
2. Research is a recursive process
3. Set a personal due date a few days before the final due date
4. Your grade on the closed memorandum does not necessarily predict your grade on the open memorandum or on your exams

About our guest...

Professor Coughlin is a multiple-award winning teacher, recognized for both her teaching and scholarship. She is the recipient of the the 2017 Mary S. Lawrence Award from the Legal Writing Institute, the Wake Forest University Teaching and Learning Center's Teaching Innovation Award, the Joseph Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching and a multi-year recipient of the Graham Award for Excellence in Teaching Legal Research and Writing. Professor Coughlin also has appointments in the Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Wake Forest School of Medicine's Translational Science Institute. She is a core faculty member in the Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health & Science.
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