JS 626 - Advanced Judicial Writing

(2 units)

Judges with extensive writing duties will extend skills developed in JS 615. They will work intensively on their own writing projects in the classroom and with private tutorials.

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Units of Lecture: 2
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze a wide range of argument patterns.
2. identify multiple aims and audiences of judicial writing.
3. deconstruct complex legal sentences.
4. recognize and improve sentence patterns associated with issues, statements, findings of fact, and legal conclusions.
5. apply principles of style.

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