LAW 9101 - Leg Anal, Res & Comm (Pt I)

Institution:

Baylor University

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Description:

Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications (LARC) is a three-hour course that you will complete during two consecutive quarters. In this course, students learn fundamentals in important aspects of legal writing and problem-solving, including: (1) legal organization (issue, law, application, rebuttal), (2) legal clarity (sensitivity to legal terms of art, statutory phrases, elements of proof, and so forth), and (3) legal specificity (always tying general legal principles and elements to particular facts of the case).Students also receive instruction in legal research and citation.LARC, Part I focuses primarily on the basics of drafting a memorandum of law using case analysis, along with instruction about researching and citing to cases.Students complete two memoranda during the first quarter of LARC.LARC, Part II focuses on statutory analysis, forms of legal writing in addition to memoranda of law, and several legal research topics.During the second quarter of LARC, students complete a research memorandum and a final major research project.

Credits:

1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baylor.edu

Phone Number:

(254) 710-1011

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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