LAW 7572

Litigation Drafting

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course focuses on drafting documents typically encountered during the pretrial phase of civil litigation. As drafters, lawyers must think strategically about, and understand the conventions unique to, each document. Students will have repeated opportunities to develop essential drafting and professional skills through a combination of in-class exercises and take-home writing assignments related to pleadings, motions, discovery requests, affidavits, demand letters, and settlement agreements.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement The course can be used to satisfy the writing requirement or the skills requirement, but not both.

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