Professional Skills: Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Short course:
Sep 28 - Sep 29, 2018
Registration Information
Upperclass-only elective
Meeting Times
Day
Time
Location
FRI
1:00 - 8:00 pm
TNH 2.140
SAT
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
TNH 2.140
Evaluation Method
Type
Date
Time
Location
Paper
Description
This intensive, 2-day course (5.75 hours each day) covers two broad legal-writing topics. Day one covers mechanics: the most common grammar, punctuation, word-usage, and stylistic mistakes law students and lawyers make and how to understand them, avoid them, and fix them. Key goals are to strengthen your writing credibility and raise your writing IQ. Day two covers broader concepts: concision, persuasion, organization, and revision, as well as some citation and transactional drafting. The course requires pre-class reading and work, overnight work, and a final written project. Pass-fail.
Schiess, Wayne