J. ALWD volume 8 is here!

J. ALWD has had a bit of a name change: Legal Communication & Rhetoric, J. ALWD. But it's still chock-a-block full of the sort of cutting edge scholarship on legal communication that its readers have come to expect.  Here's what's in volume 8, the Fall 2011 issue:

Preface

Linguistic Hooks: Overcoming Adverse Cognitive Stock Structures in Statutory Interpretation
Michael R. Smith

The Power of Rigor: James Madison as a Persuasive Writer
Thomas C. Berg, Julie A. Oseid & Joseph A. Orrino

Attorneys at the Podium: A Plain-Language Approach to Using the Rhetorical Situation in Public Speaking Outside the Courtroom
Jason K. Cohen

The Legal Writer's Checklist Manifesto: Book Review
Jennifer Murphy Romig

Thinking like Nonlawyers: Why Empathy Is a Core Lawyering Skill and Why Legal Education Should Change to Reflect its Importance
Ian Gallacher

Think (and Practice) like a Lawyer: Legal Research for the New Millennials
Aliza B. Kaplan & Kathleen Darvil

Experiential Learning in the First-Year Curriculum: The Public-Interest Partnership
Nantiya Ruan

Rule Synthesis and Explanatory Synthesis: A Socratic Dialogue Between IREAC and TREAT
Michael D. Murray

Judicial Clerkships: A Bibliography
Mary Dunnewold, Beth Honetschlager, & Brenda Tofte

Essay: The Moral of the Story -- The Power of Narrative to Inspire and Sustain Scholarship
Amy Vorenberg

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