Legal Research & Legal Writing

Semester: Fall 2014
Course ID: 232
Credit Hours: 2
Unique: 29195

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Registration Information

1L-only required

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Description

The basics of legal research using print and electronic sources. Focuses on writing legal analysis, researching and writing a traditional legal memorandum, and making oral presentations.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation *

Columbia Law Review Assn , edition: 19th
ISBN: 978-0615361161

The Greenbook: Texas Rules of Form *

Texas Law Review

Texas L. Rev. , edition: 12th

The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style *

Bryan Garner

West , edition: 3d
ISBN: 978-0314289018

A Lawyer Writes *

Christine Coughlin, et al.

Carolina Academic Press , edition: 2d
ISBN: 978-1-61163-397-9

Researching the Law *

Amy E. Sloan

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business , edition: 2014
ISBN: 978-1454842514

Instructors

Youngdale, Elizabeth M.