Teaching and learning at the intersection of U.S. law and the English language
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to since the end of summer 2024. (Click here to see previous Updates from the Legal English Faculty.) **************** Heather Weger & Julie Lake The end of the semester is upon us! This fall, we were thrilled to welcome a … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (December 2024)”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to since the end of the spring 2024 semester…. **************** Ben Cheng Returning from parental leave, Prof. Cheng is set to teach sections of Legal English I and Professional Responsibility this fall. Additionally, he is working on a … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (September 2024)”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Legal English Lecturer Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to during the course of the spring 2024 semester…. **************** Craig Hoffman We were both extremely proud and at the same time verklempt while attending the retirement ceremony for Prof. Craig Hoffman, one of the original pioneers of legal … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (May 2024)”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Professor of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to over the fall 2023 semester…. **************** Heather Weger & Julie Lake & Michelle Ueland Legal English team members Professors Julie Lake, Heather Weger, and Michelle Ueland designed and delivered an intensive 5-week Legal English program for the Office … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (December 2023)”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Professor of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to over the summer…. Craig Hoffman Professor Hoffman gave a talk at the U.S. Supreme Court in early August. He was invited by the Association of the Reporters of Judicial Decisions, whose annual meeting was held at the … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (September 2023)”
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Craig Hoffman Yi Song John Dundon Julie Lake & Heather Weger Prof. Lake and Prof. Weger have been invited to co-present at the following conferences: Paula Klammer Stephen Horowitz —
Posted by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Law schools in the US have become increasingly aware of and attuned to the range of cognitive learning issues that law students may deal with. I remember how counter-intuitive that seemed to me the first time I learned about this topic several years ago: “How could someone even … Continue reading “Law school, learning issues and LLM students”
For lawyers and others involved in efforts to support Ukraine Thank you to Prof. Alan Blakely for his help compiling these resources, intended for law professors, legal English professors, and others involved in supporting legal education and the legal profession in Ukraine. Please feel free to email Prof. Stephen Horowitz at sh1643@georgetown.edu with suggestions for … Continue reading “Ukraine-related Resources”
The September 2023 issue of AL Forum (the applied linguistics newsletter for TESOL) is out, thanks in part to contributions from several members of the Georgetown Law faculty. And the theme is language, teaching, and generative AI. Co-edited by Georgetown Legal English Professor Heather Weger and George Washington Teaching Associate Professor Natalia Dolgova, it leads with a … Continue reading “Georgetown Law on AI in the TESOL Applied Linguistics Newsletter (Sept 2023 issue)”
