THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law

Fall Semester 2015
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin August 31, 2015

9200:619-004 LARW I
Casebook(s):

Req: Shapo, Walter and Fajans, Writing and Analysis in the Law, 6th ed., West
#9781609302726
Req: Dickerson, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 5th ed., Wolters Kluwer #9781454828754

Assignment:

Read: Shapo pages 1-27 & 39-74.
- Complete only exercise 2-B from the reading

Read: Talking to Students About the Differences Between Undergraduate Writing and Legal Writing by Anne Enquist (posted on Springboard). What differences between undergraduate writing and legal writing does the authority identify?

Watch: the first part of the Case Law Research tutorial on the Georgetown Law Library Website (structure of the court system & introduction to precedent). http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/tutorials/cases/index.cfm

Review Course Overview and Syllabus (posted on Springboard)


9200:661-001 Environmental Law
Casebook(s):

Req: Farber and Carlson, Cases and Materials on Environmental Law, 9th ed., West
#9780314283986

Assignment:

Read pages 1-29 in Cases and Materials on Environmental Law, 9th ed., (2013)
Review Course and Syllabus and being thinking about your paper topic