Adv. Legal Writing: Adv. Persuasion & Creative Advocacy
SLN #: 87271Course Prefix: LAW-626
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sperling
Course Books: View List of Books
Course Description:
Persuasion is part art and part science, part instinct and part method. In this course students will examine the power of different persuasive practices. Building upon perspectives from different disciplines, such as rhetoric and cognitive psychology, students will gain a deeper understanding of what makes an argument or document persuasive. The course will investigate how the tools of persuasion work, and what tools work best. Students will creatively apply different theories of persuasion in several writing assignments and oral presentations.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: Yes
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 14
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.