Class Information

Fall 2026

5342 Professional Writing Strategies - NIEUWVELD- 18227

Professor(s): Lisa Nieuwveld (ADJUNCT)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Practice Skills - (Research and Writing)

Time: 1:00p-2:30p TTH Location:

Course Outline: This course introduces students to the Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”), which is a component of the Texas bar examination and the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE). Through this course students will actively employ the MPT skills through multiple assessments and exercises. Students will receive instructive as well as constructive feedback with regard to their individual MPT performance along with numerous strategies to attack the MPT. Students will also be given numerous opportunities to actively self-evaluate their performance to help leverage their ability to independently identify, address, and solve areas of opportunity to improve.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Synchronous – On Campus Exams) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, it will be conducted in a classroom in face-to-face mode requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom.

Quota=12.

This course will be graded.

Prerequisites:

First Day Assignments:

Final Exam Schedule:

This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:

Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: simulation

Bar Course: Supplemental

DistanceEd ABA: Yes

Pass-Fail Student Election: Available