Adv Legal Writing - Indian Law

SLN #: 21548
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Burtis
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
Federal Indian Law I is a co or pre-requisite for this class.

This Indian Law Seminar seeks to deepen and develop legal writing skills for advocacy and other legal work in Indian law. The course constitutes a required part of the Indian Law Certificate program and preference will be given to certificate students. Other members of the ILP professional staff may team teach the course. Numerous intensive legal writing assignments will be required with feedback provided on student performance. The course will focus on areas of Indian law to broaden and deepen student understanding of the subject, in addition to the primary objective of improving legal writing skills. Grading will be based primarily on legal writing and research assignments, although quizzes or other tests may be given on the assigned readings.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: Yes
Seminar: Yes
Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law I is a pre or co-requisite for the class
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes. See Syllabus
Limited Enrollment Number: 5
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Additional Attendance Policy: Yes

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.