LAW 6761 - Principles of American Legal Writing

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Attendance mandatory at first class meeting. Satisfies the LL.M. writing requirement.

J. Feldman, C. Weyble.

This course provides foreign-trained lawyers with an introduction to the American legal system and essential principles of legal writing, analysis and legal research skills in the United States. Students are afforded an opportunity to practice some of the forms of writing common to American legal practice by drafting documents such as memoranda and briefs in the context of representing hypothetical clients. Students are given the opportunity to conference individually with the instructor and to re-write assignments after receiving the instructor’s comments.