Professional Skills: Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Registration Information
Upperclass-only elective
Meeting Times
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WED, THU
1:15 - 2:05 pm
TNH 2.123
Evaluation Method
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None
Description
The course surveys two broad categories of legal writing. The first category is litigation writing: pleadings, discovery, motions and responses, and jury instructions. The second category is transactional drafting: contracts, rules, and plain-English consumer documents. The course also covers email and the mechanics of writing: grammar, punctuation, usage, and style for professional legal writing.
2 credits, pass-fail
Enrollment limited to 16
Students who have already taken Advanced Legal Writing: Litigation with Bridges, or Advanced Legal Writing with Schiess may not take this course.
Schiess, Wayne