Intensive Legal English Reading/Writing Skills

3 units

This course is designed for non-native English speakers who will enter the LL.M. program at Washington University School of Law in the Fall. The goal of this course is to ground students in the reading and writing skills used to study law in the United States, and thus prepare them for the challenging environment of Washington University School of Law. Students who succeed in this course will achieve the following learning outcomes: develop skills needed to be able to effectively and efficiently read, understand, and summarize legal cases; learn how to synthesize legal cases and apply the law to new cases; write a clear legal argument that appropriately cites sources; learn and appropriately use grammatical structures most common in legal writing; master legal vocabulary required for this course and learn strategies for continuing legal vocabulary acquisition. . This class is graded on a Modified Pass/Fail basis. After successful completion, students will receive a grade for 3 credits, but these credits will not count toward the cumulative earned units for this degree program.