LAW303
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LAW303 - Lawyering
Course Description
This course introduces students to the role lawyers play in American society, legal ethics, and critical perspectives on lawyers' contributions to or detractions from American justice. It introduces students to legal reasoning and provides students with perspectives on the types of tasks lawyers undertake, the goals of lawyering, and the limitations on lawyering as a profession concerned with justice. Students are presented with the sorts of problems lawyers encounter in their practice, the ways that lawyers approach these problems, connections between lawyering and social change, and the morality of lawyering.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Attributes
WE - WEC (Writing Emphasis Course)
May be convened with
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Discussion
Workload Hours
0
Optional Component
Yes
Name
Lecture
Workload Hours
3
Optional Component
No
Typically Offered Main Campus
Fall