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Writing Program

Banking and Financial Law LL.M.’s have the opportunity to take a fall semester two-credit Legal Research and Writing seminar, specifically designed to introduce foreign lawyers to the basic principles of American legal writing. In small class settings and individual conferences, students receive guidance on drafting and editing memoranda and agreements. Their work is critiqued and rewritten.

The research component of the seminar trains students to locate cases, statutes and secondary material through indexing systems and the latest computer technology. Research assignments are integrated into writing assignments -- exposing students to the methods of US legal analyses -- so that by the end of the term, students obtain the skills needed to write memoranda appropriate for submission to US law firms

The LL.M. Writing Seminar is supervised by Professor Robert Volk, the Director of the First Year Writing Program. His office, as well as the Writing Program office, is located in Room 752. Classes will begin the week of September 3 and will meet every week during the first semester.

Fall 2007

Materials

The following materials are required for the Writing Program and are available at the Boston University Bookstore:

1. Ray, Basics of Legal Writing (2006)
2. Sloan, Basic Legal Research (3d ed. 2006)
3. The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)
4. Recommended for the class: Strunk & White, The Elements of Style

Schedules

Seminar schedules will be posted each week on the CourseInfo site for the seminar (JD893). Please note that Monday, September 3 is Labor Day. Therefore, Monday seminars will be rescheduled for the first week of classes.

Notices

All notices regarding the BU’s CourseInfo site as well as on the 7th floor bulletin boards. You are responsible for checking for information about class schedules, room changes, assignments, messages from instructors, and other assignments.

Assignment for first class

For the first class, please read chapter 1 of the Ray text.