Advanced Legal Writing

Semester: Spring 2015
Course ID: 232D
Credit Hours: 2
Unique: 28247

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory
Professional Skills: Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

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

Mitchell, Jonathan F.