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Law 17 - Legal Writing -Section  #3200

Meetings:  Tuesday, 8:30 pm - 9:55 pm  - CMS 005

 Prof Henry Soldedad - Activities - Textbooks - Read  Dear Online Student -  Study Guide and Welcome Message 

 

 

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Distribution of Grades

Tests  is 30% of your grade

Assignments  are 30% of your grade

Final Legal Research Paper  = 25 % of your grade

Discussion Forums = 15% of your grade and entered at the end of the semester

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A = 90% or above

B = 80% or above

C = 70% or above

D = 60% or above

A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class

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Week 1 - Due 9/7/14

    * Read the syllabus for the class - Lexis-Nexis is required for this class

• Read Dear Online Student 
• Post your Introduction 
• Read  Law Study
• Read  Legal Argumentation
• Read  Learning Ethics
• Read  Strategies against Procrastination
• Read  Reading Law Cases-Codes 

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Week 2 - Due 9/14/14

    * Read Legal Writing in Plain English 

• #1 How to Write an A+ Paper
• #2  Finding a legal topic for your final research paper
• Test #A - Legal Writing in Plain English Assignment
• weekly forum discussion

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Week 3 - Due 9/21/14

    * Read Business Letters

    * #3 Klayman v Obama (NSA case)

    * #4  Ligon v New York (Stop and Frisk case)

    * Test #B  Legal Demand Letter 

    * Post the Topic for Your Final Paper

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 4 - Due 9/28/14

    * Read Demand Letters 

    * #5 Hispanic Interest Coalition (Immigration case)

    * #6 Little v State of Florida (Stand your Ground case)

    * Test #C Demand Letter

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 5 - Due 10/5/14

    * Read Legal Opinion Letters 

    * #7 Snyder v Phelps

    * #8 Osama Bin Laden Photos

    * Test D - Legal Opinion Letter 

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 6 - Due 10/12/14

    * Read Legal Argumentation

    * #9 Post Research Topic and Preliminary Information on your Legal Writing Paper

    * #10  Melgar v Greene

    * #11  Luke Gannon v. State of Kansas

    * Test #E Legal Argumentation instructions-argumentation

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 7 - Due 10/19/14

    * Read How to do an A+ research paper     *  

• #12  Nicastro - Teams present 3/26/14
• #13 Bring in LPR (doc)(pdf) - Youkers v State of Texas 
• Test #F - Post your Thesis for your Legal Writing Paper 
• 5 Part Structure of your paper  
• weekly forum discussion

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Week 8 - Due  10/26/14

    * Read Legal Memorandum     *

• #14 Illinois v Melongo - Teams present 4/2/14
• LPR - People v Belous case (part of Legal Memo) - due 4/2/14 
• Test #G - Legal Memorandum   

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Week 9 - Due  11/2/14

• Read Mandatory Settlement Conference 
• #15 American Meat Institute  
• LPR - Mobaldi Case  
• Test #H Mandatory Settlement Conference Statement   
• weekly forum discussion

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Week 10 - Due  11/9/14

    * #16  Fernandez v California 

    * Read Motion for Summary Judgment

    * Test #I Motion for Summary Judgment 

    * Read Standard Complaints

    * Test #J Draft a Standard Complaint 

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 11 - Due   11/16/14

• Read Legal Writing and Research paper
• #17 -  Lane v Franks
• #18 - Trademark Infringement - Sobmondo Entertainment v. Falls Media
• Test #K - Post the Outline - law17-outline - of your final legal writing project
• weekly forum discussion

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Week 12 - Due  11/23/14

    * Read "Putting Together End Notes"

    * #19 Credit Default Swap Agreement - Citigroup case

    * Test #L Post your "footnotes" or "end notes" - law17-footnotes - complete case citations, and not just internet websites

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 13 - Due 11/30/14

    * #20 - Dog Sniff case 

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 14 - Due  12/7/14

    * Test # M - Post your Final Legal Writing Project - law17-final-paper

• weekly forum discussion

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Week 15 - Due  12/14/14

    *  TBA

Week 16 - Due  12/21/14

    *  TBA

 

updated:  7/7/14

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