THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law
Spring Semester 2017
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin January 17, 2017
9200:619-801 Little LARW I
Casebook(s):

Req: Barger, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, 5th ed., Wolters Kluwer #9781454828754
Req: Cohen, LARW Workbook - available on Springboard
Req: Cohen, Legal Research Workbook - available on Springboard
Assignment:

For First Class:
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 Springboard)
c. Complete Editing Exercise #1 (Workbook pp. 27-28)
3. Research Memorandum Format
a. Read Workbook pp. 33-36 (Research Memorandum Format)
b. Review Memo Format Pre-Class Unite (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 ABOVE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ON SPRINGBOARD
**NOTE:

The Workbooks and the Pre-Class Units (PCU) on Grammar and Memo Format will be available on
Springboard for your review.

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 9200:619-801. On the course page, select Content. The workbooks are in the Legal Writing and Legal Research modules.