The guide to experiential legal writing / Adam Lamparello (Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Associate Professor of Law, Indiana Tech Law School), Charles E. MacLean (Associate Dean for Faculty, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana Tech Law School).
Constitutional Law. Criminal Law: The Client Interview -- Contracts: The Retention Agreement (Engagement Letter) -- Legal Research (Or Legal Methods): The Research Assignment -- Experiential Legal Writing I: The Predictive Memorandum -- Experiential Legal Writing I: The Client Letter (Not Included In The Cross-Curricular Hypothetical) -- Civil Procedure: The Complaint -- Experiential Legal Writing II: The Motion To Dismiss -- Property: The Answer -- Torts: Discovery (Interrogatories And Document Requests) -- Experiential Legal Writing II: The Motion In Limine (Optional Alternative: Motion To Compel Discovery) -- Experiential Legal Writing II: The Motion For Summary Judgment -- Court's Decision -- Experiential Legal Writing III: The Appellate Brief -- Experiential Legal Writing IV: The Art Of Rewriting -- Experiential Legal Writing V & VI: Narrative Storytelling -- Incorporated Experiential Learning In Specific Subject Areas, Particularly Practice Exams -- Applying Substantive Law Through Applied Learning -- Hypothetical Fact Patterns For Specific Doctrinal Courses -- Criminal Law Or White Collar Crime -- Torts -- Civil Procedure -- Constitutional Law.
Summary:
This book builds a bridge between legal education and law practice, and sets forth a groundbreaking, comprehensive blueprint that retains the foundational pillars of legal education while integrating doctrine, skills, and clinical instruction into a cohesive, outcome-based, and assessment-driven curriculum that trains students to acquire core lawyering competencies.
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