U.S. Legal Communication Skills

5 units

This course is the first in a sequence of two courses required for the Two-Year Master of Laws (LLM) for Foreign Lawyers, and is open only to students in that program. Students are registered for this course by the Registrar's office. This course is designed to cover Legal communication skills, including case briefing, memo writing, and composing other legal writing for law classes, such as notes and outlines. This course is aimed at reinforcing reading and writing skills for law school studies as well as for professional client communication. This class is graded on a Modified Pass/Fail basis. After successful completion, students will receive a grade for 5 credits, but these credits will not count toward the cumulative earned units for this degree program.