LAW 512 - Legal Research and Writing I (3)

This course is the foundational course in legal research, reasoning, and writing skills in the context of objective analysis necessary to give sound advice. Students will learn how to identify specific legal issues for analysis; find the legal authorities relevant to those issues; apply the rules stated in those authorities to specific facts; predict the likely resolution of the issues by a court in a particular jurisdiction; and communicate legal analysis in written memoranda that meet professional standards. Among other exercises, students will draft and revise office memoranda predicting how courts would decide various legal disputes. Offered: Fall.