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<strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong>, <strong>Research</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> I (Fall 2010)<br />
Section 6 (Afternoon)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Mark Burge<br />
Page 4<br />
Topics <strong>and</strong> Assignments – Part 1<br />
Orientation Assignment (Friday, August 13 <strong>and</strong> Saturday, August 14)<br />
(This assignment is the same for all LARW sections <strong>and</strong> is also stated on page 13 <strong>of</strong> the 2010-11<br />
New Student Notebook)<br />
Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, <strong>and</strong> 4 in <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> (Romantz & Vinson) <strong>and</strong> have written<br />
answers prepared for the exercises at the end <strong>of</strong> each chapter. I will be calling on<br />
you in class to discuss your work.<br />
(1) Week <strong>of</strong> Tuesday, August 17<br />
Topics: Introduction to <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong>, <strong>Research</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Writing</strong>; Reading <strong>and</strong> Briefing<br />
Cases; Federal <strong>and</strong> State Case Reporters.<br />
For this week’s classes:<br />
(1) Read Chapters 1, 5, 6, <strong>and</strong> 7 <strong>of</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>and</strong> have a discussion-ready<br />
answer prepared for the exercise at the end <strong>of</strong> Chapter 5.<br />
(2) Read pp. 120-38 in <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Research</strong> (Chapter 3, Part II “Reporters <strong>of</strong> Cases”).<br />
DUE IN CLASS TUESDAY, 8/17: “Maine Frames” two-page analytical memo. Bring<br />
two printed copies to class. You will turn in one copy.<br />
DUE IN CLASS THURSDAY, 8/19: Case briefs for Brown v. Kroger Co. <strong>and</strong> Quellar v.<br />
Walgreens Co. Each brief must not exceed one page. Bring two printed copies <strong>of</strong><br />
your set <strong>of</strong> briefs to class. You will turn in one copy.<br />
(2) Week <strong>of</strong> Tuesday, August 24<br />
Topics: Evaluating <strong>Legal</strong> Rules <strong>and</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Rule Statements; Introduction to<br />
Citation <strong>and</strong> the ICW; Thesis Paragraphs in <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />
For this week’s classes:<br />
(1) Read Chapters 2, 3, <strong>and</strong> 4 <strong>of</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Writing</strong>. Have discussion-ready answers for<br />
the exercises at the end <strong>of</strong> chapters 2 <strong>and</strong> 4.<br />
(2) For Thursday’s Class: Read the introductory material <strong>and</strong> Chapter 1 in ICW. 1<br />
(You will complete ICW Exercise Set #1 online before the upcoming deadline).<br />
You will also need to skim (a) the Bluebook Table <strong>of</strong> Contents, (b) “Bluepages”<br />
pp. 3-15, (c) Rules 10.1 & 10.2 (pp. 87-95), <strong>and</strong> (d) Tables T6 (pp. 430-31) <strong>and</strong><br />
T10.1 – U.S. Geographical Terms (pp. 436-37).<br />
(3) For Thursday’s Class: Read Chapter 6 <strong>of</strong> Helene S. Shapo, et al., “The Thesis<br />
Paragraph” (from <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> in the Law (rev’d 4th ed. 2003)) (PDF<br />
1 If the ICW book is not available in time for this assignment (<strong>and</strong> it might not be), I will post this<br />
reading assignment on our LexisNexis Web Course page.
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