{"id":28980,"date":"2020-02-18T18:06:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T23:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=28980"},"modified":"2020-11-12T18:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:35:02","slug":"kirsten-k-davis-discusses-use-of-reading-groups-for-legal-writing-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/02\/18\/kirsten-k-davis-discusses-use-of-reading-groups-for-legal-writing-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten K. Davis discusses use of reading groups for legal writing scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/davis.jpg\" alt=\"Kirsten K. Davis\" class=\"wp-image-18977\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\"\/><figcaption>Dr. Kirsten K. Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kirsten K. Davis, Director of the Institute for Advancement of Legal Communication, published <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3421699\">Reading Legal Writing Together: Reading Groups Can Build the Disciplinary Community of <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Legal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3421699\" target=\"_blank\">Legal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3421699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> Writing Scholars<\/a> in <em>Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute<\/em>. The essay describes how a reading group of scholars can help develop community in a scholarly discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Kirsten Davis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/davis-kirsten-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kirsten Davis (opens in a new tab)\">Kirsten Davis<\/a> is a Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Advancement of Legal Communication at Stetson University College of Law. She teaches Professional Responsibility, The First Amendment, Research and Writing I and II, Advanced Legal Writing, Legal Discourse and Rhetorical Theory, Freedom of Expression, and Comparative Freedom of Expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kirsten K. 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