Legal Writing Launch Reviews 3

Legal Writing Launch (LWL) has been my savior. I am a licensed attorney who needed to improve my legal writing skills. LWL is a comprehensive course that is practical, hands-on, and fun. After taking the initial grammar assessment in Core Grammar for Lawyers, I realized how little grammar I knew after my studies at law school. Each reading and writing assignment, in LWL, is designed to help students develop their legal writing skills gradually and effectively. The founder Professor Bev Meyers cares about her students' learning. I recommend the Course to anyone who is serious about improving their legal writing skills.

I took the Legal Writing Launch Course (Course) the summer before my 1L. I am extremely happy that I did! Professor Meyers introduced me to basic and legal writing concepts that will be extremely useful in my first year. Her big focus is on the CRAC method: Conclusion, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion. Professor Meyers has students apply CRAC through the different lessons, and builds students’ skills by having them write legal memoranda, advice and demand letters, a motion, and an appellate brief. She teaches students how to detect common flaws in grammar. Even those who think they have a solid grasp of grammar will be surprised to see how much they can improve. Taking this course has significantly bolstered my confidence going into law school.

I first worked with Bev Meyers as an intern during my second year of law school, at Golden Gate University, and then, as an extern, after I graduated. As my supervisor, Bev was instrumental in my early development in the area of legal writing, particularly in drafting legal memoranda and motions. Her editing was invaluable. I had a rare opportunity to work extensively with an experienced lawyer and legal writer during and right after law school. After I completed law school, I joined the Office of the Attorney General’s Criminal Division, where I wrote appellate briefs in all California appellate courts and in the California Supreme Court. I worked there for twenty years before I retired in 2011. I believe that my work as an intern and extern served as the foundation for my work as an appellate lawyer, where I wrote extensively. I cannot recommend Bev highly enough as a legal writing instructor.