2009 Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference Remixing the Classics September 11& 12, 2009 Sponsored by Stetson

University College of Law, Aspen Publishers, and LexisNexis Friday, September 11: 5:00 7:00 p.m.: Registration and Reception (Great Hall and Student Recreation Center Pool) Saturday, September 12: All Day: Vendor Displays (Great Hall) 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast (Great Hall) (Sponsored by Aspen Publishers) 8:30 a.m. 9:25 a.m.: Welcome: Dean Darby Dickerson (Florin and Roebig Courtroom) Plenary Speaker: Mary Beth Beazley

9:30 a.m. 10:25 a.m.: Concurrent presentations (Rooms D, E, F and GSecond Floor, Crummer Hall) Room D Bruce Ching Using Vocal Qualitites to Enhance Oral Argument (25 minutes) Shelley Kierstead Infusing Rhetorical Devices with Therapeutic Jurisprudence Considerations (25 minutes) Room E Kurt Lenz - Teaching Legal Writing to Students for Whom English is a Second Language (25 minutes) Kimberly Holst Establishing a Common Language: Mixing ESL Theories in the Mainstream Legal Writing Classroom (25 minutes) Room F Kimberly K. Boone, Mary M. Ksobiech, J. Scott England, Gary Sullivan, Recreating a Classic: Using Sample Answers Throughout the Semester (55 minutes) Room G Brenda L Tofte Partners in Professionalism: Working with Career Services Professionals to Teach Professionalism and Cultural Competency to Law Students (25 minutes) Wendy A. Humphrey Intersection of Heart and Head: Emotional Intelligence as a Component of the Legal Writing Curriculum (25 minutes)

10:30a.m. 11:25 a.m.: Concurrent presentations Room D Heather Baxter, Jane E. Cross, Elena Langan The Art of the Steal: Sharing Teaching Materials with ColleaguesA Lesson in Evolution and Design (55 minutes) Room E Candice Mueller Centeno Surviving Citations: Engaging Students and Teaching Citations through the use of a Fun and Interactive Competition (25 minutes) Mary Ann Robinson Authority War (25 minutes) 11:30 a.m. 12:25 p.m.: Concurrent presentations Room D Andrea Susnir Funk, Christine Kelton Legal Writing 101: Back to Basics (25 minutes) Carolyn Broering-Jacobs Partnering with Practitioners: An Experiment in Teaching Transactional Drafting (25 minutes) Room E Shaundra Lewis, Katherine Vukadin Focus: Teaching Legal Writing in the Age of Distraction (25 minutes) M. Lisa Bradley Starting with the Traditional and Moving to the Technological in Todays Legal Research and Writing Class (25 minutes) Room F Rebecca Trammell Putting the R in R&W with Webcasts (25 minutes) Brooke J. Bowman. Stephanie Vaughan Team Teaching: A Combination of Good Parenting and Good Cop/Bad Cop? (25 minutes) Room G Stacy Scaldo Peas and Carrots: Teaching Legal Writing in Pairs (25 minutes) Michael W. Loudenslager Using Examples of Past Student Writing to Improve Students Written Analysis (25 minutes) Room F Debra M. Schneider Law School Labs: Blending Practical and Doctrinal Learning (55 minutes) Room G Douglas Wm. Godfrey The Increasing Irrelevance of the Traditional Office Memo: The Need to Teach a Shorter, more Electronic Memo to First Year Students (55 minutes)

12:30 p.m. 1:25 p.m.: Lunch (Great Hall) (Sponsored by LexisNexis) 2

1:30 p.m. 2:25 p.m.: Concurrent presentations Room D Linda L. Berger, David T. Richie, Jennifer Sheppard Beyond Mere Literary Devices: Using Metaphor & Narrative to Structure Persuasion (55 minutes) Room E Merle Morris, Bethany Smith Meeting New Expectations: Legal Research and Writing Comprehensive Remedial Program (55 minutes) Room F Sheila Miller Old Message, New Media: Using Podcasts and Camtasia Video to Reinforce Your Message to Students (25 minutes) Lance Long Using Media Clips to Enhance Student Learning and Student Evaluations (25 minutes) 2:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m.: Break (Refreshments in the Great Hall) Happy 25th, Legal Writing Institute! 2:45 p.m. 3:40 p.m.: Concurrent presentations Room D Whitney Curtis, Alyssa Folse Who Let the Librarians Out? The R&W Embedded Librarian Program (55 minutes) Room E Karen J. Sneddon Group Writing (55 minutes) Room F Lisa McElroy Shall We Dance: Why We Can Learn a Lot about Good Legal Writing from Dancing with the Stars (55 minutes) Room G Michael R. Smith Cognition & Rule-Based Analysis: Modern Perspectives on a Traditional Skill (55 minutes) Room G Gregory Johnson, Anthony Renzo, Johanna K.P. Dennis Finding a New and Dynamic Framework for Legal Writing Assignments in the Apprenticeship Tradition (55 minutes)

3:45 p.m. 4:40 p.m.: Concurrent presentations Room D Karin Mika Games in the Legal Writing Classroom: Enhancing the Learning Experience (55 minutes) Room E Claire C. Robinson May Fresh Air in the Academy: Why Legal Writing Professors Need Law Practice Sabbaticals (25 minutes) Wendy K. Shea The Plain Language of the Law: Finding a Middle Ground (25 minutes) Room F Ian Gallacher Law, Literature, and Incoming Law Students: Remixing and Revitalizing the Summer Reading List (55 minutes) Room G Susan K. Rachlin, Tobi A. Tabor Legal Writing Centers: Advantages of Peer Tutoring (55 minutes)

4:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m.: Closing (Great Hall) Following the Closing: Dutch Treat Dinners (See sign-ups at Registration)