Course Description
“Lawyering” covers various strategies and issues that are relevant to a long-term, healthy, and satisfying career in a dynamic profession. Topics may include the business of lawyering, professional-identity formation, cross-cultural competency, legal technology, wellness strategies, and professional communication skills.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students. Law students are professional students, not undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Lawyering I
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
The first-semester Lawyering course will teach new law students the fundamentals of lawyering and the use of different technologies, while giving thought to creating their professional identity, the impacts of their work across cultures, and well-being strategies.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Cross-Cultural Competency for Lawyers Week 3: Landscape of the Legal Profession and Understanding the Business of Law Week 5: Technology for Legal Documents and Communications - Part 1 Week 7: Resumes and Cover Letters for the Legal Profession Week 9: How to Network in the Legal Profession Week 11: Technology for Legal Documents and Communications - Part 2 Week 13: Professional Identity and Wellbeing Practices for a Successful Legal Practice Week 15: Cross-Cultural Competency - Systemic Discrimination in the Law and Racism
Syllabus
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