Summer I 2024
Professor(s):
Kenneth Swift (CLINICAL FACULTY [405(b)])
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Practice Skills - (Research and Writing)
Time: AsynchDistanceEd Location:
Course Outline: In this course you will develop skills necessary for drafting precise, clear, and complete documents. You will be exposed to drafting litigation documents, contracts, and other legal documents covering a wide-range of practice areas, similar to what some small to mid-size attorneys do, particularly early on in their careers. You will learn to research, evaluate, and use forms and checklists.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Asynchronous Online) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. Any assessment for the course, such as a final examination or a mid-term exam, will be conducted without the need to physically come to the Law Center, such as, for example, via the EBB portal as a take home exam or under remote proctoring.
Quota=12.
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: 08/09/20241-5Pm
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: Yes
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: Yes
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: Fajans, Falk, and Shapo, Writing for Law Practice, Foundation Press 3rd Edition 2015, ISBN: 9781609304447. Note that you may purchase the e-book version.
