Class Information
Summer Mini 2026
6200 Attorney Communication and Persuasion - LAWRENCE/ROBINSON- 17094
Professor(s):
James Lawrence (ADJUNCT)
Cawlyn Robinson (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Blakely Advocacy Simulation
Time: ARRANGED Location: 211
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.
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Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota=16
This course will meet on May 18,19,20,21,26,27,28,29, 2026 from 5:30-8:30 PM. The final grade consists of a final project.
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Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: simulation
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Conditional Availability (not for required credits)
