Most legal educators would agree that legal writing is a critical component of a law school’s curriculum. While historically inconsequential, legal writing courses have become increasingly important to the educational mission of academia for at least three reasons. First, legal educators better recognize the value of professional skills, including legal writing, research, and analysis. Second, legal educators better appreciate the relationship between legal thought and legal writing in both doctrinal and practice-oriented courses. Third, legal educators better understand that legal writing courses teach the methodology of legal problem-solving and therefore compliment doctrinal courses and the law school’s academic mission.