First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program
The First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program (LRW) is a series of sequenced, interrelated exercises introducing students to the way lawyers analyze and frame legal positions in both litigative and transactional settings, conduct legal research, and present their work in writing and in oral argument. Instruction in legal research and writing is led by thirteen Climenko Fellows, the director of the program, and research librarians, as well as upper-class teaching assistants.
Course DescriptionIntroduction to LRW
Statement of Rules and Understandings
Climenko Fellowships
First-year law students are instructed in the Program by thirteen Climenko Fellows, promising legal scholars with high academic achievements and a strong interest in pursuing a career in law teaching.
Information for Prospective Climenko Fellows
2008-2010 Climenko Fellows
John Coyle
Lilian Faulhaber
Eloise Pasachoff
Rene Reyes
Brishen Rogers
Brian Sheppard
2007-2009 Climenko Fellows
Michele D. Beardslee
Tara Grove
David Landau
Ken Levy
Matthew Lindsay
Amanda Pustilnik
C. Cora True-Frost
2006-2008 Climenko Fellows
Charles Barzun, Contact: cbarzun@virginia.edu
Sydney Foster
Angela Littwin, Contact: alittwin@law.utexas.edu
Shannon Weeks McCormack, Contact: swmccormack@ucdavis.edu
David Schleicher, Contact: dschleic@gmu.edu
Sonja Starr, Contact: sstarr@law.maryland.edu
Sean Williams, Contact: s.williams@law.utexas.edu
Director & Staff
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Elizabeth T. Bangs
Director, First-Year Legal Research and Writing and Academic Support Services
E-mail: ebangs
Ms. Bangs has been the director of the First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program since 2005. As director of academic support services, she also provides individual counseling to first-year students and supervises the peer tutoring program. Ms. Bangs also occasionally teaches a popular spring term seminar on disability rights. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Ms. Bangs previously clerked on the Ninth Circuit and in the Central District of California; was a trial attorney in the Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice; and taught at Princeton University.
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