The Legal Writing Department standards reflect the recent ABA emphasis on values and skills in the proposed Standards for Program of Legal Education Curriculum. The goal of our program is to prepare students to meet the writing and thinking demands of the practice of law. Lawyers use writing as a vehicle to convey the tools of their trade - critical thinking, effective problem solving, and persuasive communication. Consequently, we use writing assignments as means to a greater end - competent lawyering. Virtually all of our students enter law school with competent writing skills.
Few students enter law school with sophisticated thinking skills.
Therefore, while the program helps to polish writing skills, the primary emphasis of this rigorous course, unlike many others, is on using writing assignments to develop the students' ability to critically reason, judge and communicate. College 10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd.