Course Descriptions

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First Year Curriculum
Second Year Required
Third Year Required
Administrative
Perspective
Elective
Seminars
Advanced Skills
Practice Elective
LLM
Advanced Writing Requirement

IMPORTANT NOTE: Courses are graded unless indicated as Pass/Fail. Unless otherwise indicated, all courses will employ one or more evaluation methods, such as a final examination. Students are encouraged to speak with instructors for more details about course coverage and requirements.

Second Year Required Courses
Fall Semester
Introduction to Counseling	LAW 200 1 Hours
This one-week workshop focuses on how lawyers interview, counsel and otherwise assist clients to identify and solve problems. Pass/fail grade is based upon full attendance, participation and completion of simulations. S/U (Pass/Fail)
Legal Writing II	LAW 207 3 Hours
Legal Writing II continues coverage of research strategy, forms of legal reasoning, and professionalism, but now in the context of a new form of discourse--persuasion. The course examines organizational paradigms and the use of authorities in (1) questions governed by an articulated or unarticulated factors analysis; and (2) questions raising a pure issue of law. Students will study the standards of appellate review and will write at least one appellate brief. Typically, one of the assignments will require statutory construction. Course requirements include completion of at least two major writing assignments and two oral arguments.
Spring Semester
Statutory Law and Analysis	LAW 154 2 Hours
This course will cover the fundamental skills involved in reading, understanding, and applying statutory language to the resolution of a legal issue. The students will learn about methods of statutory interpretation and will be required to apply these skills throughout the semester to various hypothetical fact scenarios. The course will cover the parts of a statute, the interrelationship between statutes and other sources of law, and the methods of reading and interpreting statutes.
Fall & Spring Semester
Evidence	LAW 206 3 Hours
This is a problems-based course designed to teach basic trial evidence using the Federal Rules of Evidence. The primary topics are relevance; opinion evidence; expert testimony; relevant, but inadmissible evidence; introducing real and documentary evidence, character evidence, impeachment, and hearsay.