The legal skills program
at William & Mary concentrates on different lawyering skills in different
semesters. The rest of this page shows the topic focus for each of the
four semesters.
The first semester, first year, is called "Legal Skills I."
The second semester, "Legal Skills II." The first
semester of the second year is "Legal Skills III."
And finally, the second semster of the second year of law school studies
is "Legal Skills IV."
Legal Skills I -- Topic Focus
- Client Counseling
- Undertaking Representation
- Writing Legal Memorandum
- Analyzing Rules
- Introduction to Negotiating
- Negotiation
- Document Drafting
- Mediation
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Legal Skills II -- Topic Focus
- Library Research Strategies
- Secondary Authority
- Primary Authority
- Pro Bono
- Drafting Pleadings
- Drafting Complaints
- Administrative Law Research
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Legal Skills III -- Topic Focus
- Motion Practice
-
Discovery
- Persuasive Writing
- Oral Advocacy
- Plea Negotiation
Trial Planning
- Trial Demonstration
- Direct and Cross Examination
- Introduction of Evidence
- Opening and Closing Statements
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Legal Skills IV -- Topic Focus
- Identifing and Evaluating error
- Drafting Proposed Findings
- Bench Trials
- Appellate Brief Writing
- Conflicts of Interest
- Advertising and Solicitation
- Supervisor/Subordinate Relationship
- Appellate Oral Advocacy
- Fiduciary Duties
- Fees
- Judicial Conduct
- Lawyer Discipline
- Legal Profession/Ethics Review
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