LAW 419A

Advanced Writing Project

The completion of a writing requirement project under the active and regular supervision of a faculty member in satisfaction of the legal writing requirement. The writing project must be an individually authored work of rigorous intellectual effort of at least 20 typewritten double-spaced pages, excluding footnotes. The project may take any of several forms, for example, a paper, a brief, a memorandum of law, a proposed statute, a statutory scheme or set of administrative regulations (with explanatory comments), or a will or agreement (with explanatory comments). The advanced writing project may also be undertaken in connection with another course or seminar to satisfy the legal writing requirements. The number of units shall be approved by the faculty supervisor and will depend upon the scope of the writing effort. (S/U grading only.)

Units: 1.0-4.0(3.0)

Hours: Variable.