THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law
Fall Semester 2013
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin August 19, 2013
9200:619-003 McBurney LARW I
Casebook(s):

Req: Garner, The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 2nd ed., ThomsonWest #9780314168917
Req: Coughlin, et al., A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis, 2nd ed., Carolina Academic
Press #9781611633979
Req: The Blue Book: Uniform System of Citation, 19th ed., 2010, Columbia Law Review
#9780615361161

Recommended: Osbeck, Mark, Impeccable Research: A Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills,
ThomsonWest #9780314202727
Assignment:

First Day Assignment

A. Read Syllabus & Course Policies (available on Springboard)

B. Read Coughlin: Chapter 3-3.I, pp. 33-35; Chapter 3.III, pp. 43-56

C. Read Amy Carter Project, Part I, and answer the included questions (available on Springboard)
9200:688-801 McBurney Legal Drafting
Casebook(s):

Req: Cioffi, Anderson's Ohio Pretrial Litigation Practice Manual, 2013, LexisNexis 9781593457594
Req: McBurney, Legal Drafting: Law Practice Drafting, Aspen Publishers, 9781454817604**
Assignment:

Read in casebook - Chapters 1-2 pp. 1-61
Skim in casebook - Chapter 3 pp. 63-127
**NOTE:

**Legal Drafting: Law Practice Drafting casebook is only available through Polsky's bookstore**
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