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.
Course Areas of Practice | |
Evaluation Methods | Research paper, 25+ pages |
Degree Requirements | |
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 |