LEGAL WRITING, FROM COUNSELOR TO ADVOCATE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Read legal sources critically and accurately to identify relevant information. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the weight and significance of legal authorities within the American legal system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and synthesize legal authorities to explain and formulate controlling rules. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply legal rules to a set of facts—both to predict legal consequences and to advocate for a preferred result. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use research strategies to find controlling and persuasive legal authority. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Write clearly and concisely about the law in different professional contexts, including objective office memoranda and persuasive legal briefs. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Articulate legal analyses and argue legal positions via oral communication and advocacy. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read legal sources critically and accurately to identify relevant information. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the weight and significance of legal authorities within the American legal system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and synthesize legal authorities to explain and formulate controlling rules. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply legal rules to a set of facts—both to predict legal consequences and to advocate for a preferred result. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use research strategies to find controlling and persuasive legal authority. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Write clearly and concisely about the law in different professional contexts, including objective office memoranda and persuasive legal briefs. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Articulate legal analyses and argue legal positions via oral communication and advocacy. Audience: Undergraduate