-
DRAFTING: INT'L CONTRACTS (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 9060)
2 credits
This course provides intensive instruction in the drafting of commercial contracts in an international context. Students learn how to translate a business deal into contract terms, how to organize those terms into a coherent contract, and how to draft clearly, precisely, and efficiently. Students also explore the special considerations that arise in international transactions, including choice of law, choice of forum, and dispute resolution. Drafting skills are developed and assessed through regular in-class drafting exercises and weekly graded drafting assignments of increasing complexity. For the final exam, students draft a complete contract between commercial parties of different nationalities, working from a set of facts, a model form, and other materials.
-
DRAFTING:CONTRACTS (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 8000)
2 credits
This course provides intensive instruction in the drafting of contemporary commercial contracts. Students learn how to translate a business deal into contract concepts, how to structure the agreement, and how to draft contract provisions clearly, precisely, and efficiently. Written exercises are assigned for each class; in addition, students draft a full-length agreement and redraft the agreement following a critique. Some negotiation is included. Grades will be based on several short drafting assignments (totaling 30%), an initial and a revised draft of a contract (totaling 55%); and class participation (15%). N.B.: Students taking this course are not permitted to take Professor Boyle's Legal Writing Seminar.
-
LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - 1030)
2 credits
The first course in a two-semester sequence, this course introduces students to legal writing and analysis. Grades are based primarily on the preparation of a closed-universe memorandum of law and a re-write of the memorandum. The course also includes an introduction to legal ethics.
-
LEGAL ANALYSIS,WRITING&RESRCH (LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - 1010)
2 credits
The second course in a two-semester sequence, this course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to manual and electronic legal research and further develops their writing and analytical skills, focusing primarily on persuasive legal writing. The course also introduces a variety of other essential lawyering skills, including client interviewing, negotiation, and oral advocacy. Students will prepare various legal documents, including an appellate brief. Oral arguments are conducted at the conclusion of the course. Grades are based primarily on papers and oral argument.
-
U.S. LEGAL ANALYSIS WRITING I (US LEGL STUDIES FOREIGN LW GRD - 1010)
2 credits
The first course in a two-semester sequence, this course introduces LL.M. students to the idioms and forms of U.S. legal writing. An emphasis will be placed on predictive writing. Grades will be based upon periodic assignments and a re-write of those assignments.