It is suggested that law schools are doing little to train students to draft statutes, contracts, leases, and wills. The Lammers report, which supports misgivings of most professional legal draftspersons about legal education, is discussed. (MLW)

An approach to teaching legislative drafting uses limited traditional classroom instruction and intensive exposure to the process of legislative drafting through a classroom simulation in which students revise the Massachusetts criminal code. (MSE)

The development of a legislative advocacy course, based on the view that a curriculum for introducing law students to policy making should consider important issues of professional responsibility in the interaction between legal political processes, is described. (MSE)

This article argues that statutory law is underemphasized in law school curricula and that increased attention to the teaching of statutory law would have benefits for legal education, including increased reflection on instructional goals and methods. Strategies for integrating statutory law into the curriculum are discussed. (MSE)

From a paper presented at annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, December 27, 1969. (IR)

The legislative process and legislative drafting should be taught in law school as a counterpoint to case analysis and appellate decision making. Practical drafting experience with a lobbyist, legislator, or committee should be required, and rule-making and adjudicating should be included. (MSE)

A law school course in franchise law focuses on how various legal issues and categories interact within the context of the narrowly defined business relationship of a franchise. Four major topics included federal and state disclosure regulations, trademarks and service marks, common law contract issues, and antitrust law. Class exercises included…

An experimental first-year course introducing law students to the law firm addressed: a single issue in contract law from both sides, writing as an advocate, the lawyer's role, legal research methods, the legislative process, the counseling function, the appellate process, and traditional legal writing. An interdisciplinary approach was used. (MSE)