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
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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)
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