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DUQUESNE LAW REVIEW DRAFTING STATUTES AND RULES: PEDAGOGY, PRACTICE, AND POLITICS FOREWORD FiFth Colonial Frontier legal Writing ConFerenCe DraFting StatuteS anD ruleS:PeDagogy,PraCtiCe, anD PolitiCS Jan M. Levine SYMPOSIUM ARTICLES teaChing the art anD CraFt oF DraFting PubliC laW: StatuteS, ruleS, anD More J. Lyn Entrikin & Richard K. Neumann Jr. exPeriential learning anD aSSeSSMent in the era oF DonalD truMP Jamie R. Abrams Writing the laW:DeveloPing the “laWyer Citizen” iDentity through legiSlative,Statutory, anD rule DraFting CourSeS Ann L. Schiavone teaChing PubliC PoliCy DraFting in laW SChool: one ProFeSSor’S aPProaCh Lisa A. Rich CaPital laWyering & legiSlative CliniC Rex D. Frazier STUDENT ARTICLES aDjuSting the bright-line age oF aCCountability Within the CriMinal juStiCe SySteM: raiSing the age oF Majority to age 21 baSeD on the ConCluSionS oF SCientiFiC StuDieS regarDing neurologiCal DeveloPMent anD CulPability oF young-aDult oFFenDerS Carly Loomis-Gustafson Don’t go near the Water:FolloWing the Fate oF the Clean Water rule Elizabeth R. Mylin the “Charitable”Privilege: evaluating the StatuS oF ProPerty tax exeMPtionS For inStitutionS oF Purely PubliC Charity in PennSylvania Rebecca L. Traylor VOLUME 55, NUMBER 1 WINTER 2017 Duquesne Law Review Volume 55, Number 1, Winter 2017 © DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, 2016–2017 Drafting Statutes and Rules: Pedagogy, Practice, and Politics Foreword FIFTH COLONIAL FRONTIER LEGAL WRITING CONFERENCE DRAFTING STATUTES AND RULES:PEDAGOGY,PRACTICE, AND POLITICS Jan M. Levine..................................................................................................................1 SymposiumArticles TEACHINGTHE ART AND CRAFT OF DRAFTING PUBLIC LAW: STATUTES,RULES, AND MORE J. Lyn Entrikin &Richard K. Neumann Jr. .................................................................9 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGAND ASSESSMENT IN THE ERA OF DONALD TRUMP Jamie R. Abrams...........................................................................................................75 WRITING THE LAW:DEVELOPING THE “LAWYER CITIZEN”IDENTITY THROUGH LEGISLATIVE,STATUTORY, AND RULE DRAFTING COURSES Ann L. Schiavone ........................................................................................................119 TEACHING PUBLIC POLICY DRAFTINGINLAW SCHOOL: ONE PROFESSOR’S APPROACH Lisa A. Rich .................................................................................................................151 CAPITAL LAWYERING &LEGISLATIVE CLINIC Rex D. Frazier..............................................................................................................191 Student Articles ADJUSTING THE BRIGHT-LINE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM:RAISING THE AGE OF MAJORITY TO AGE 21 BASED ON THE CONCLUSIONS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES REGARDING NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULPABILITY OF YOUNG-ADULT OFFENDERS Carly Loomis-Gustafson .............................................................................................221 DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER: FOLLOWING THE FATE OF THE CLEAN WATER RULE Elizabeth R. Mylin ......................................................................................................247 THE “CHARITABLE”PRIVILEGE:EVALUATING THE STATUS OF PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONSOF PURELY PUBLIC CHARITY IN PENNSYLVANIA Rebecca L. 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