Legal Writing, Advanced: Immigration

• Semester: Fall 2020
• Course ID: 232D
• Credit Hours: 2
• Alternate Class Unique: 27530
  Class Unique: 27531

Description

This course will be taught in person but this section will allow students entirely remote participation via Zoom.  If students require in-person or hybrid participation, they must register for the   27530 section of this course, which is identical but in-person.

In this course, students will practice distilling immigration arguments into the persuasive and pleasant-to-read prose necessary for successful advocacy. Documents to be produced, edited, and/or studied may include client declarations, legal memos, trial and appellate briefs, and others. Students will learn to draft for the various audiences an immigration practitioner will encounter, including clients, agency officials, trial and appellate judges, non-immigration lawyers, and the public.  Through peer-editing, students will become more empathetic writers and more skilled self-editors. 

This 2-credit class meets once each week. There is no midterm or final exam. It will be graded Pass/Fail.