LAW 642 - Introduction to Legal Practice: Applying Contracts, Torts, and Civil Procedure

College of Law
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

This course translates theory into practice through a semester-long simulation of legal work. Building upon students’ mastery of Torts, Contracts, and Civil Procedure, this course introduces students to essential lawyering skills including client relations, negotiations, interviewing, drafting, motion practice, and discovery. The course will also focus on professional identity issues as they arise in the context of the applied learning of the practice of law.