Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
I review Eugene Volokh's recent book, Academic Legal Writing. The book is nominally directed to law students and those who teach them (and for those audiences, it is outstanding), but it also contains a number of valuable lessons for published scholars. The book is more than a writing manual, however. I argue that Professor Volokh suggests implicitly that scholarship is underappreciated as a dimension of the legal profession. A well-trained lawyer, in other words, should have experience as a scholar. The argument sheds new light on ongoing discussions about the character of law schools.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Madison,
The Lawyer as Legal Scholar,
65
University of Pittsburgh Law Review
63
(2003).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.pitt.edu/fac_articles/208