Spring 2026
Professor(s):
Lisa Nieuwveld (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Practice Skills - (Research and Writing)
Time: 1:00p-2:30p MW Location:
Course Outline: Legal Analysis and Writing will familiarize students with the structure of the bar exam, offer bar exam preparation and test-taking strategies, and provide face-to-face and written performance feedback through a series of simulation exercises. This class does not replace the post-graduation course from a traditional, private bar preparation company. Rather, it is employed in conjunction with those programs.
The course will address general bar exam test-taking strategies with a focus on items which are non-state specific and common to almost all bar examinations across the country.
This course hosts small sections. Some students are subject to mandatory enrollment in this course and will fill seats first. Any remaining spots will be subject to general registration procedures. Once full, if a spot opens, enrollment will proceed from the waitlist. This class is only open to 3Ls graduating this academic year. Any other student that registers for this course will be removed.
Students vest into the requirement to take this course based on academic performance or class rank measured at various points during the J.D. program. The day and evening programs are considered together for the class rank assessment. Students who vest into the course must complete it with a pass in order to graduate.
General information about this course is available here:
https://law.uh.edu/student/academic-success/homepage.asp#LegalAnalysis
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Synchronous Online) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, the final and any other assessment for the course, such as a mid-term exam, will be conducted without the need to physically come to the Law Center, such as, for example, via the EBB portal as a take home exam or under remote proctoring.
Quota=8.
This course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis.
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule:
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Supplemental
DistanceEd ABA: Yes
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)
Course Materials
Special Case
Course Materials: BarBri Binder
A digital copy is available on the class webpage.
Adaptibar (adaptibar.com) – We will discuss enrollment in class after the semester
begins.
