Adv Legal Writing: Indian Law
SLN #: 74733Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 001
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: No
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.