Applying New Rhetoric to Legal Discourse: The Ebb and Flow of Reader and Writer, Text and Context.

Reviews research on the "new rhetoric" and written composition, applying these principles to legal discourse writing in the law school curriculum. Notes that the new rhetoric posits that writing is a process of constructing thought and describes selected teaching practices within the reader-writer loop, including reading and writing reflectively, planning in writing, and using the peer group for feedback. (DB)