LEGL 300 - Legal Writing II

Course Description:
This course continues on from the previous legal writing course and focuses on advanced writing skills required by legal assistants in order to meet the legal industry’s needs. Students will be provided with practical guidelines for developing legal documents in plain language. The course will emphasize the fundamentals of drafting, including word selection, sentence structure, and the use of plain English in preparing routine legal documents. Students will draft and edit short and long letters, as well as complex legal documents. Participants will explore the fundamentals of legal research and citation guidelines. Debate skills will be introduced by preparing for and participating in a debate.

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s):
One of:

LEGL 250
OADM 362