COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Advanced Legal Writing: Civil Litigation
Prof. Sabrina DeFabritiis
3 credits day; 3 credits evening.

A comprehensive review of the principles of good legal writing. Major assignments include drafting legal documents and writing a brief. Individual conferences supplement the lectures. In this course, students will learn advanced legal research skills, as well as persuasive and objective writing techniques by following a civil action through a variety of stages. Students will draft a variety of documents that mimic civil practice. The course will involve substantial legal research and students will produce an appellate brief at the end of the course.

Enrollment is limited: 15   Elective Course   Meets Skills Menu Requirement   Meets Advanced Legal Writing Standard

<<Course Updated: April 01, 2013>>

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