LAW603B

040214

This semester, you will apply the synthesis, analysis, writing, and research skills you developed in this course last semester to persuade your audience whether it be opposing counsel, a judge, a mediator, an arbitrator, or another legal reader of the strength and correctness of the legal position you advocate. You will do this, in part, by researching, drafting, and revising a memorandum of points and authorities in support of a trial-level motion. In your work on that motion, you will be exposed to a variety of types of legal documents that you may encounter in practice. This course will also expose you to other fundamental lawyering skills, including client interviewing, fact gathering, evaluation of pleadings and other legal documents, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and contract drafting.

Finally, this semester will include more focused instruction in formal oral argument. You will prepare, practice, and deliver a ten- to fifteen-minute oral argument on your trial-level motion.

ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F

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