Our Legal Writing faculty are respected scholars and accomplished practitioners. These professors, the majority of whom hold tenure-track positions, have published widely in scholarly journals.

Whether seasoned or still gaining our footing, most attorneys write daily. From a junior attorney drafting a memorandum circulated internally to senior counsel preparing a critical appellate brief, ...

Persuasive writing is fundamental to the successful practice of law. But a brief must be readable before it can be persuasive, and an inherent tension exists between readability and the need to ...

Legal Research and Writing (LRW) introduces students to the fundamentals of the legal system, structure of law-making bodies, sources of law; provides hands-on experiences in using legal analysis, ...

No prior reading is necessary, though a selection of legal writing (memo, brief, or opinion) could be helpful to their understanding. Discuss the general structure of legal writing: This exercise will ...

David Haendler is a Research & Instructional Services Librarian at the Drexel University Kline School of Law’s Legal Research Center, and also teaches classes on legal writing and research. Before ...