I thought you would find it interesting to hear that on my last day at my small firm internship, after turning in my last memo, my supervising attorney sent me an email saying that my legal writing skills were ‘probably among the best I have seen in several years of having interns at our office.’ I laughed because all I did was stick to the ‘requires because’ formula, and on multiple occasions looked back at my third memo to make sure I wasn’t deviating too much from the format you taught us. Those principles work outside the academic arena, so thanks! – Joshua Lebovits (he took my Legal Writing course at Hastings and learned the same writing structure that is used in WINNIN’ TIME!)
Published On: July 1, 2020