Advanced Legal Writing

2 units

NOTE: This course is only open to LLM and MLS students at the law school. As described below, students will be required to draft a significant number of written assignments in a very short time frame during this advanced legal writing course. As a result, a strong foundation in written English is highly recommended for students taking this course. Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with exposure to and practice in various types of legal writing and legal drafting they will likely encounter in practice, including adversarial writing, non-adversarial factual writing, and opinion writing. Class time will be spent developing skills pertinent to each area of writing and participating in workshop activities that will prepare students for their writing assignments. Grades for this course will be based on weekly writing assignments. There will not be a final exam. 2 units.