Exercise 4

Make up a dialogue between an American law student and a prospective applicant to a law school (admission requirements, legal subjects, specialization, and student’s life (you may devise things here).

Development Exercise 5

Internet Research

UCLA is University of California School of Law.

Visit the page of their site where you find general information on the curriculum studies that you are supposed to read.

https://www.law.ucla.edu/current-students/law-school-courses/Pages/default.aspx

Find out

1. How the first year curriculum is scheduled First Year

2. What the course Lawyering Skills mean – link in the right-side menu Course Descriptions

3. What is included into Clinical / Transactional Courses – link Advanced

4. Look through the courses offered under Advanced link, which refer to second and third year program. Which will be interesting for you if you were UCLA student?

Exercise 6

Legal Writing and Legal Research

This legal research and writing class will span three semesters but have only one final grade for four credit-hours. The two primary goals of the course are to teach you how to do legal research and how to write certain legal documents.

Course Requirements 1. Attendance & Attention Regular class attendance is required, and more than three unexcused absences per semester may, at the instructor's discretion, be sufficient reason to lower a student's grade. I expect that you will pay close attention in class and be quiet. It is not permissible for students to answer cell-phones or pagers during class, absent a medical emergency. Nor is it permissible for students to carry on side conversations in class 2. Preparation First, I expect each student to purchase his or her own copy of the current edition of each of the five required texts listed above. Second, I expect that you will complete all the readings and written assignments prior to class. 3. Assignments You will be expected to complete satisfactorily periodic graded and ungraded assignments to receive credit for this course. Students who fail assignments may be required to do them over again at my discretion. I assign seven vocabulary-lists that are to be written out by hand (i.e., no printing, cutting, or pasting). Example of Assignment W 9-05 Documents & Rules V. Charrow Effective and Clear Writing Chs. 4-5 Garner t 2 B. Garner, The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style pp.147-158 Black’s Law Dictionary List 2 Vocabulary list 2 Appellate court; course of action; certiorari; civil law; common law; court of last resort; criminal law; executive; federalism; judicial review; judiciary; legislation; petition; question of fact; question of law; relief; remand; remedy; separation of powers; trial court.