THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law
Fall Semester 2015
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin August 31, 2015
9200:619-802 Staley LARW I
Casebook(s):

Req: Legal Writing Workbook (will be available through Springboard at a later date)
Req: Legal Research Workbook (will be available through Springboard at a later date)
Req: Dickerson, The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 5th ed., Wolters Kluwer #9781454828754
Assignment:

LEGAL WRITING

1. Read Workbook pp. 3-11 (Course Overview & Syllabus)
2. Grammar & Composition
a. Read Workbook pp. 15-23 & 30-32 (Writing Guidelines & more)
b. Review Grammar Pre-Class Unit (21 mins.; available on Sprinboard)
c. Complete Editing Exercises #1 (Workbook pp. 27-28)
3. Research Memorandum Format
a. Read Workbook pp. 33-36 (Research Memorandum Format)
b. Review Memo Format Pre-Class Unit (41 mins.; available on Springboard)
c. Complete Issue-Brief Answer Exercises (Workbook pp. 37-38) (Bring hard copy to class)

LEGAL RESEARCH

1. Read Workbook pp. 3-16
2. Review Searching Guide
3. Review PCU on Legal Authority & Search Plans
4. Review PCU on Statutes
5. Review video on Search Plans
6. Review video on WestlawNext Introduction & Statutes
7. Review the WestlawNext Exercises
**NOTE:

All of the above materials are available on Springboard.

Springboard is the university's web course that provides, among other things, the ability to post documents that may be downloaded from the internet. Springboard is located at https://springboard.uakron.edu/. You will first be prompted to provide your UANet username and password. On the next screen, select LARW I 802. On the course page, select Content. The workbooks are in the Legal Writing nad Legal Research modules.