Advanced Legal Writing: Writing for the Court

2 Credit Hours

In this course, students will learn the core principles of effective writing for judicial law clerks. Through readings, class discussion, and writing exercises and critique, students will develop the ability to read the parties’ briefs with a critical eye, distill the relevant facts, conduct legal research, apply the rules of jurisdiction and procedure, and analyze the facts and law as an impartial decision-maker in order to draft and edit bench memoranda and opinions.