PHILAW 400 - Advanced Legal Reasoning & Research

Institution:

University of Massachusetts-Boston

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Description:

3 Credits Students will build on the skills of legal reasoning paying special attention to analyzing groups of cases, analogizing and distinguishing precedent, and constructing legal arguments. Students also will learn to utilize a broad range of legal research material in their arguments, including secondary sources and computerized legal research. To accomplish these goals, students will research and write several legal memoranda, often on a "frontier" legal question. Each student will argue his or her case.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umb.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 287-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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