Laurel Oates, a professor at Seattle University School of Law, will teach international lawyers and lawyers the skills necessary for effective design and communication in this online course. Although the course is designed as a 10-week course, you can take it at your own pace. For example, you can do one class a week, two classes a week, or three or four classes a week. Make a difference in your career: join us for a day to hone your legal writing and advocacy skills. Learn the essential techniques in the arsenal of an effective lawyer. Note: THIS COURSE REQUIRES INSTRUCTOR REGISTRATION. This course is open to second-year students. Priority will be given to students who are members of one of the legal journals during the 2021-2022 academic year. Students cannot register for this course through MyAccess or put them on the waiting list. Students interested in this course should send an email to Anna Selden ([email protected]) expressing their interest in the course and, if applicable, explaining their status as a member of a law journal. This course will only be enrolled after the add/drop phase for spring 2022. Students cannot cancel another course after the add/drop period to add that course.
Full-time students cannot exceed their maximum credit burden by enrolling in this course. Part-time students must pay this loan when they register. Writing assignments, both inside and outside the classroom, include exercises, initial drafts, peer review, and final revisions, with students building a portfolio of their work throughout the semester. Topics for discussion include process strategy, writing techniques, and professional requirements and concerns. Students have the opportunity to work in small groups and teams, plan and write individually and collaboratively, and write as they are expected to write in practice, including using email correspondence, preparing drafts for colleagues, and finally finalizing work product for a client and the court. This seminar, led by a former practicing jurist and lawyer, will draft intensively, focusing on agreements and other documents that are at the heart of a business-oriented transactional practice. The seminar offers students the opportunity to design communications with customers, deconstruct and reassemble different types of agreements and consider them in the context of a complex transaction. The seminar will explore both design and examination techniques. Although the context of the seminar is similar in content to Professor Teitelbaum`s course Deals: The Economics of Structuring Transactions, the aim of the seminar is to teach professional writing skills that they will apply in future practice. The standard price for the course and individual exam of four assignments is $1,200.00. Take your writing to the next level with self-directed learning. We know you`re busy, which is why we`ve made it easy, accessible and flexible.
This seminar, taught by a federal prosecutor and former jurist, will expose students to some of the basic legal documents and processes that govern federal economic crime, including investigative techniques, charges, hearings and plea agreements, pre-trial motions, and sentencing. The seminar offers students the opportunity to develop investigative and prosecutorial decisions, formulate defense strategies, and deal with current legal issues, with an emphasis on the results of written assignments. Occasional guest speakers also give students a unique insight into the federal practice of white-collar crime. *Please note that the deadline to complete the course is six months from the date of registration. If you are unable to complete the course within six months, please contact the teacher. This course will deepen the skills acquired in the Legal Research and Writing course. Students learn to develop strategies for addressing legal research problems and to select and use basic legal sources. Topics include the legal research process, legal and legislative history research, advanced case law research, administrative law research, and current consciousness/secondary sources. By the end of the course, students have gained valuable knowledge and experience in using these sources for research tasks focused on legal practice. This core course offers limited opportunities to solve large-scale research problems and instead focuses on strategies for addressing these types of problems.
Learn from the best legal writing professors in the United States without traveling far from home. The seminar is based on substantive antitrust principles, which are covered in Professor Salop`s Antitrust Economics and Law course. Discussion topics and written work focus on the application of these principles in a variety of contexts, including advising clients, dealing with government law enforcement authorities, and litigation in antitrust cases. Note: ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL COURSES. All registered and waitlisted students must be present at the beginning of the first lesson in order to be eligible for a place in the class and must attend each lesson in its entirety. Students experiencing a personal or family emergency should contact the teacher prior to the start of the lesson to discuss the possibility of waiving mandatory attendance. Students who miss a lesson and have not received a prior waiver may be involuntarily withdrawn from the seminar or their grade may be reduced accordingly. Note: THIS COURSE REQUIRES INSTRUCTOR REGISTRATION.
A brief expression of interest for the seminar should be sent by email to Professor Gayer at [email protected] by 6 June 2017 at 17:00. After the application deadline, students will be admitted to open places on an ongoing basis. Limit: 12 students. This course is open to J.D. students only. Students may not withdraw from this course after the add/drop period has expired without the professor`s permission. Each student will prepare several written assignments throughout the semester, each of which requires the student to work on a document provided by a guide to use as a template: Introduction to Scientific Notewriting helps students discover, understand, experiment, and complete the process of writing scholarly notes. Based on a proven five-step writing process (think, prepare, execute, refine and finish), this course is designed to guide students from idea development to publication. The class meets seven times during the semester at intervals that follow the writing process. Teaching topics include brainstorming ideas, selecting topics, and developing theses; scientific research; organization and design; and overhaul, machining and polishing. Tasks include readings on relevant topics, writing assignments related to your scientific project, and contributions to workshop courses.
At least two of the class meetings are designed as work-in-progress sessions where students can give and receive feedback on their scientific project. Law is history. This seven-week course focuses on how to tell this story convincingly on behalf of a client. We will draw on research in rhetoric, applied legal storytelling, cognitive science, and design to understand why stories are so powerful.
