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.