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Fall 2009
6200 Attorney Communication - HORMANN/KOGER- 16604

Professor(s): Sharon Hormann (ADJUNCT)
Doug Koger (ADJUNCT)

Credits: 2

Course Areas: Advocacy - Simulation 

Time: 5:30p-7:30p  W Location: BLB 4 

Course Outline: Communication is at the very heart of what we do as lawyers. Knowing how to establish rapport, ask the right questions and present compelling arguments is as important to the transactional lawyer as it is to the trial lawyer. This course helps students become more effective, precise, clear, credible, and persuasive. The course teaches students about the psychological underpinnings of the communication process, identifies how people process information and outlines how to communicate more clearly, powerfully and persuasively in a variety of legal settings.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: [Quota = 20] Admission to this class as an LL.M student is based on approval from Derrick Gabriel in the Office of Student Services.  • This is an experiential class as well as a class in communication and persuasion. As such, your active participation is essential. The techniques you will be learning will only work for you if you practice and use them outside of the class setting. We are most interested in seeing that you learn and apply the theory and techniques as you work through the semester.

• This course has a dual focus: a) the theory and techniques of NLP-based communication and b) enhancing your oral presentation skills, both one-on-one and to a group.

Prerequisites:  

First Day Assignments: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Read the Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Chapter 11, and sections 8.2 and 8.4 from Chapter 8.

Each student should be prepared to tell the beginning of a story about a personal success or failure using concepts described in Section 8.2 and 8.4 from Chapter 8. The presentations should be 3-4 minutes in length and we will be using a video camera to record your presentation. Memory chips will be provided.

Final Exam Schedule:    

This course will have:
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Book Requirements:

• (6/17/2009 9:49:00 AM) Title: The Winning Edge
  Author: Richard H. Lucas and K. Byron McCoy
  Edition:  Year:  ISBN:  Publisher: NA
   The text is available in the BOOK STORE. This is a required text and will be used throughout the semester.