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Jill J. Ramsfield |
Jill J. Ramsfield
BA, Wellesley College; BM, JD, University of Wisconsin.
Professor Ramsfield specializes in the study of legal discourse, both in the United States and abroad. By combining studies in linguistics, composition theory, and cognitive psychology, she has created a unique approach to teaching legal writing. She teaches continuing legal education courses nationally and internationally, helping lawyers to write better, faster. Her clients include law firms, government agencies, judges, and magistrates. Internationally, she has assisted South Africa's twenty-two law schools to create new four-year curricula that incorporated classes in legal discourse. She has also presented classes and workshops to many international lawyers and judges, including justices from Iceland, South Africa, and Slovenia; lawyers from Russia, France, Germany, Sweden, and Uganda; and legal educators from Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. She is the author of Is Logic Culturally Based? A Contrastive, International Approach to the U.S. Law Classroom 47 J. LEGAL ED. 157 (1997); THE LAW AS ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING LEGAL DOCUMENTS (West 2000); CULTURE TO CULTURE: A GUIDE TO U.S. LEGAL WRITING (Carolina Academic Press 2005); and co-author with Mary Ray of LEGAL WRITING: GETTING IT RIGHT AND GETTING IT WRITTEN (West 4th ed. 2005).
