April 1, 2010

Cooley Professor Joseph Kimble honored by the Association of American Law Schools

Joseph Kimble, Professor

The Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research recently presented Professor Joseph Kimble, chair of the legal-research-and-writing faculty at Cooley, with the 2010 AALS Section Award. The award is given to someone who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of legal writing and research.

Kimble's awards and contributions to the field are numerous. He played a lead role in redrafting the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence and has held prominent roles with Scribes: the American Society for Legal Writers (editor of The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing); Clarity (past president); and the Legal Writing Institute (past member of the Board of Directors). He also is the longtime editor of the Plain Language column in the Michigan Bar Journal and the author of Lifting the Fog of Legalese: Essays on Plain Language.
 

Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation. Founded in 1972, the private, non-profit law school operates J.D. programs across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor.Today, Cooley Law School has nearly 14,000 graduates across the nation and worldwide and also offers joint degree and master of laws programs. Cooley offers enrollment three times a year; in January, May and September.