Legal Studies 450 - Legal Research and Writing

This course is designed to help students improve their ability to analyze and write about complicated legal issues. You should expect to do a lot of writing in this course. You will learn how to read and understand court opinions and how to find your way around a law library. Writing assignments include your own resume and a job application letter, case briefs, memoranda, OP-ED essays, and a research paper. These assignments are written from the perspective of a lay person writing to another lay person. Satisfactory completion of this course fulfills your junior year writing requirement for the Legal Studies Department.

Open only to Legal Studies majors who have completed LEGAL 250 and College Writing (CW)

Open to Senior and Junior Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250 & CW Instructor can be reached at: vjoseph@anthro.umass.edu