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Elizabeth Fajans
Associate Professor of Legal Writing
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 780-7989 |
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Areas of Expertise
Language and the Law
Legal Writing
Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
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Articles
Hitting the Wall as a Legal Writer
, Journal of the Legal Writing Institute (forthcoming 2012)
Legal Writing in the Time of Recession: Developing Cognitive Strategies for Complex Legal Tasks,
49 Duquesne Law Review 613 (2011)
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Untold Stories: Restoring Narrative to Pleading Practice
, 15 Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 3 (2009)
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Learning from Experience: Adding a Practicum to a Doctrinal Course
, 12 Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 215 (2006)
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Linguistics and the Composition of Legal Documents: Border Crossings
, 22 Legal Studies Forum 697 (1998) (with M. Falk)
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Double Talk and Twisted Thought: Reflections on Incoherence
, 11 The Second Draft 9 (1997)
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Against the Tyranny of Paraphrase: Talking Back to Texts
, 78 Cornell Law Review 163 (1993) (with M. Falk)
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Books
Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Paper
(West Publishing 4th ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2004, 2d ed. 2000, 1st ed. 1995) (with M. Falk)
Writing for Law Practice
(Foundation Press 2d ed. 2010, 1st ed. 2004) (with M. Falk and H. Shapo)
Writing and Analysis in the Law
(Foundation Press 6th ed. forthcoming 2013, 5th ed. 2008, revised 4th ed. 2003, 4th ed. 1999, 3d ed. 1995, 2d ed. 1991, 1st ed. 1989) (with H. Shapo and M. Walter)
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