Advanced Legal Writing: Writing for the Court (628-1)

Instructors

Janet Brown
312/503-0397
Levy Mayer 292

Meeting Info

Rubloff Building 203: Mon 2:35PM - 4:25PM

Overview of class

The three graded assignments will entail researching, drafting and editing an appellate bench memo and appellate and trial court opinions, resulting in multiple writing samples suitable for clerkship and other job applications. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement and counts toward the experiential learning requirement.

Registration Requirements

Communication and Legal Reasoning I and II

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will have a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of judicial decision-making and writing; the role of the law clerk in the judicial writing process; and various styles and approaches to judicial writing. Through exercises and assignments, you also will be better equipped to identify and analyze legal and factual issues before the court; research and write as an impartial decision-maker; and edit, cite-check, and polish your legal writing.

Class Attributes

Satisfies Experiential Learning degree req
Satisfies Prof Writing degree req

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Communication and Legal Reasoning I and II are pre-requisites for this course.