Advanced Legal Writing

Course Information

Registration Information

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
WED 3:45 - 5:35 pm TNH 3.124

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam May 13, 2015 1:30 pm A-Z in 2.137

Description

This course is about improving one's writing skills and developing the habits needed to become an effective and powerful legal writer. We will study advanced grammar and usage, typography, pronunciations, drafting and editing, and examples of great legal writing. Grading will be based on a final exam and several writing and editing projects.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English *
Patricia T. O'Conner
Riverhead Trade , edition: 3rd
ISBN: 157322331X
The Elements of Legal Style *
Bryan Garner
Oxford University Press , edition: 2d
ISBN: 0195141628
The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition *
Strunk & White
Longman , edition: 50th Anniversary
ISBN: 0205632645
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace *
Willams & Bizup
Longman , edition: 11th
ISBN: 0321898680
Typography for Lawyers *
Matthew Butterick
Jones McClure Publishing , edition: 1st
ISBN: 1598390775
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges *
Scalia & Garner
Thomson West , edition: 1st
ISBN: 0314184716

Instructors

Headshot of Mitchell, Jonathan F. Mitchell, Jonathan F.
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