ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING

LEGALST/POLISCI 445

Introduction to legal reasoning, writing, and research. Draft memos and briefs based on fictional case files and independent legal research, simulating the practice of law. Topics include precedent, sources of law, reading and interpreting legal texts, objective legal analysis, persuasion, and oral argument.

LAW 810

Learn to write effectively and efficiently both on a bar exam and under a short deadline. Develop strategies for flexing memory muscles; build scheduling and organizational skills; and improve legal writing, analysis, organization, and editing abilities for bar-exam essay and performance task-style questions.

LAW 723

Learn persuasive legal writing and oral presentation skills and the ethics and strategies of effective written and oral advocacy on behalf of a client. Prepare a trial-level brief and an appellate brief and work on legal correspondence and basic transactional drafting skills. Explore advanced legal research sources and refine research skills with projects in a variety of different subject areas and procedural contexts.

LAW 722

Learn to formulate precise legal issues; analyze complex facts; find relevant law; identify, evaluate, and apply legal rules in creative and nuanced ways; and effectively communicate answers in writing.

LAW 897

A journal of legal analysis and commentary. Review, select, and edit accepted scholarly articles and participate in every stage of the publication process. Research, write, and edit original analyses or commentary on current legal issues.