242W Social Justice Lawyering, Writing Credit | Duke University School of Law

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242W Social Justice Lawyering, Writing Credit

While enrolled in Law 242 Social Justice Lawyering, with prior professor approval, students may submit a 30-page research paper and earn an additional one credit for the course. This paper is in addition to all the other course requirements, including the five written assignments, but may be related to your case study presentation.

The paper may be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement, the LLM writing requirement, and/or the JD/LLM writing requirement. You must meet with Professor Gordon or McCoy by the second week of class if you would like to seek this additional credit and plan to use this paper to satisfy one or more of these requirements.

Social Justice Lawyering is a co-requisite.

Pre/co-requisites:

Social Justice Lawyering

Course Areas of Practice	Law, Democracy, and Society
Course Type	Add-on Credit
Learning Outcomes	Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law Legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication in the legal context Exercise of proper professional and ethical responsibilities to clients and the legal system

2019

Fall 2019
	Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor	Meeting Day/Times	Room
	242W.01	1	Research paper, 25+ pages	Anne Gordon, Jesse McCoy		TBD
While enrolled in Law 242 Social Justice Lawyering, with prior professor approval, students may submit a 30-page research paper and earn an additional one credit for the course. This paper is in addition to all the other course requirements, including the five written assignments, but may be related to your case study presentation. The paper may be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement, the LLM writing requirement, and/or the JD/LLM writing requirement. You must meet with Professor Berlin or Gordon by September 1, 2017, which is the last day of the drop-add period, if you would like to seek an additional credit and if you plan to use your paper to satisfy one or more of these requirements. Grading Basis: Graded Degree Requirements JD SRWP JD elective LLM-ICL (JD) writing IntlLLM/SJD/EXC elective IntlLLM writing PIPS elective Pre/Co-requisites Social Justice Lawyering Enrollment Restrictions Permission required

2018

Fall 2018
	Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor	Meeting Day/Times	Room
	242W.01	1	Research paper, 25+ pages	Anne Gordon, Jesse McCoy		TBD
While enrolled in Law 242 Social Justice Lawyering, with prior professor approval, students may submit a 30-page research paper and earn an additional one credit for the course. This paper is in addition to all the other course requirements, including the five written assignments, but may be related to your case study presentation. The paper may be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement, the LLM writing requirement, and/or the JD/LLM writing requirement. You must meet with Professor Berlin or Gordon by September 1, 2017, which is the last day of the drop-add period, if you would like to seek an additional credit and if you plan to use your paper to satisfy one or more of these requirements. Grading Basis: Graded Degree Requirements JD SRWP JD elective LLM-ICL (JD) writing IntlLLM/SJD/EXC elective IntlLLM writing PIPS elective Pre/Co-requisites Social Justice Lawyering Enrollment Restrictions Permission required

2017

Fall 2017
	Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor	Meeting Day/Times	Room
	242W.01	1	Research paper, 25+ pages	Brenda Berlin, Anne Gordon	TBA TBA	TBA
While enrolled in Law 242 Social Justice Lawyering, with prior professor approval, students may submit a 30-page research paper and earn an additional one credit for the course. This paper is in addition to all the other course requirements, including the five written assignments, but may be related to your case study presentation. The paper may be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement, the LLM writing requirement, and/or the JD/LLM writing requirement. You must meet with Professor Berlin or Gordon by September 1, 2017, which is the last day of the drop-add period, if you would like to seek an additional credit and if you plan to use your paper to satisfy one or more of these requirements. Grading Basis: Graded Degree Requirements JD SRWP JD elective LLM-ICL (JD) writing IntlLLM/SJD/EXC elective IntlLLM writing PIPS elective Pre/Co-requisites Social Justice Lawyering Enrollment Restrictions Permission required

*Please note that this information is for planning purposes only, and should not be relied upon for the schedule for a given semester. Faculty leaves and sabbaticals, as well as other curriculum considerations, will sometimes affect when a course may be offered.