Legal Writing Training by Seattle University Professors

Legal Writing Training by Seattle University Professors

On 4 June 2018 professors Mimi Samuel and Laurel Currie Oates of the Seattle University, School of Law, presented an insightful talk to the Law Clinic staff. In their presentation, “Think like a clinician, write like a Prof” they provided guidelines to prospective writers on writing scholarly articles. The presentation focused on considerations to convert clinical work into academic publications, highlighting the audience, purpose and conventions of the writing. It also provided valuable suggestions for establishing a framework to determine the topic of the article, draft a preliminary outline, conduct further research, and also consider the form of the article. The presentation will greatly assist the Law Clinic in its efforts to properly document and communicate its current projects.