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Spring 2010
5212 Advanced Legal Writing - MASELLI- 31998
added 9-24-09

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Credits: 2

Course Areas: Practice Skills - (Research and Writing) 

Time: 4:00p-6:00p  W Location:  

Course Outline: ALW is an upper level class intended to help students become more proficient, efficient, and effective at researching, analyzing legal issues, and composing and organizing written documents. It will build on concepts learned in both LARC I and LARC II and will help students to refine and further develop problem solving, factual investigation and drafting skills. Assignments will include (1) writing a brief involving a complex legal issue; (2) drafting an opinion letters, attorney-client agreements and other reflective documents, and court documents, such as pleadings and motions; and, (3) communicating orally in motion hearings and client meetings.

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First Day Assignments: First class assignment: bring laptops and have passwords for both Westlaw and lexis.

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• (10/12/2009 11:54:03 AM) Title: No Book Required for 2010
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   No Book Required for 2010 PLEASE SEE CLASS DESCRIPTION AND FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT.