LAW203 — Legal Research and Writing I
Practical training in the process of legal writing, research and analysis in two semesters. Hands-on approach to fact gathering, including interviewing; organization and interpretation; identifying basic legal theories and issues; briefing reported decisions; conducting traditional law library research; introduction to conducting electronic legal research; legal analysis and communicating applicable law via routine internal memorandum of law and opinion letters; and drafting routine legal correspondence, routine documents, pleadings, and discovery tools.
Prerequisites: ENG-101, LAW-101, PLA-101