Subject:  LAW 

Section:    10146

Name of Class:  Law 17 - Legal Writing 

Instructor:  Henry Soledad, JD

Email:   http://lamission.edu/~soledah

Class website:  http://lamission.edu/canvas

Semester: Fall 2017

This class is a hybrid class and meets Tuesday evenings, 8:30 - 9:55 pm, CMS 023

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Syllabus - http://lamission.org
Class Starting Date: 8/27/17
Class Ending Date:  12/17/17
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Class Description:    Study of legal drafting and writing including writing case briefs, demand letters, legal memoranda, motions,  pleadings, and writing a legal research paper

Textbook: http://lamission.edu/law/textbooks 

Student Learning Outcomes: 

1. Brief law cases in various legal subjects to improve students' understanding of the law and improve their legal analysis, argumentation, and legal writing required by a paralegal in a law firm.  

2. Critically analyze and argue issues of various legal subjects and topics as listed in #1 above. 

3. Prepare legal documents, forms or papers including a legal demand letter, a legal memorandum, various types of motions, a mandatory settlement conference, trial brief, and other legal documents required by a paralegal in a law office.  

Also students will prepare a final legal research and writing paper.

See format of the paper at http://profjordan.pbworks.com/format . The final legal writing and research paper will be in the form of a position or argumentative paper. It will train the student in legal analysis, finding of law cases, and improving legal argumentation.  The paper will be graded by using the following grading rubric -http://missionparalegal.pbworks.com/rubric-finalpaper

Students will various cases and write a case brief demonstrating their understanding and application of the essential facts and rules of law and legal principles of the case. see case brief rubric at http://missionparalegal.pbworks.com/briefing  

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