Teaching—Summer Legal Writing & Analysis Prep Class for Entering 1L Students
Law school is intense and competitive. I have helped many law school students over the years get a head start through a program at UM Law for select entering students. Through this program, these students were given the opportunity to learn key writing and critical thinking skills in advance and have proceeded to become top students in their classes. Through student feedback, I revised the program each year, which has resulted in a proven track record of not only successful students, but confident ones.
After leaving UM Law, I redesigned the program and have taught it to students about to enter other law schools here in Florida and elsewhere in the United States. My course includes writing exercises with my individual written feedback. Over a period of five weeks, meeting twice a week for a total of thirty hours, my students learn, among other things, the following:
My students began their respective law schools at a great advantage and are now thriving.
Have questions? Email me at s[email protected].
Law school is intense and competitive. I have helped many law school students over the years get a head start through a program at UM Law for select entering students. Through this program, these students were given the opportunity to learn key writing and critical thinking skills in advance and have proceeded to become top students in their classes. Through student feedback, I revised the program each year, which has resulted in a proven track record of not only successful students, but confident ones.
After leaving UM Law, I redesigned the program and have taught it to students about to enter other law schools here in Florida and elsewhere in the United States. My course includes writing exercises with my individual written feedback. Over a period of five weeks, meeting twice a week for a total of thirty hours, my students learn, among other things, the following:
- Court systems and precedent
- Reading and analyzing case law, and briefing cases
- Writing a legal memorandum based on analyzing a legal problem
- Grammar, writing style, editing, and proofreading
- Legal citation form and fundamental legal research
- Tips on studying, outlining, and exam-writing
My students began their respective law schools at a great advantage and are now thriving.
Have questions? Email me at s[email protected].