Wayne Schiess
Wayne Schiess
Senior Lecturer University of Texas School of Law Austin, TX
Wayne Schiess teaches legal writing, legal drafting, and plain English, and he is a frequent and favorite seminar speaker on those subjects. He has published more than a dozen articles on practical legal-writing skills, plus five books. His latest is Legal Writing Nerd: Be One. He graduated from Cornell Law School, practiced law for three years at the Texas firm of Baker Botts, and later joined the faculty at the University of Texas School of Law.
CALI Lessons
This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.
Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.
| Lesson Title | CALI Topic(s) | Published in | Latest update | Runs Past 30 Days | Runs Past 120 Days |
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| Lesson Title | CALI Topic(s) | Published in | Latest update | Runs Past 30 Days | Runs Past 120 Days |
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| Issue Statements for Memos and Briefs | 2003 | March 25, 2024 |
80
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354
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| Punctuation and Grammar Basics for Students | 2003 | May 26, 2025 |
154
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898
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| Punctuation and Grammar: Advanced | 2006 | March 13, 2023 |
140
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706
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| Stating Facts: Objective and Persuasive Approaches | 2003 | October 22, 2024 |
63
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632
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