The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York City
The Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law provides in-depth instruction in lawyering skills, legal writing and research for successful academic performance and legal practice. A closely supervised first year course is matched with advanced writing courses for both J.D. and LL.M. students and the Legal Writing Center supports individual students’ development throughout law school.
First-Year Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing is a two-semester course. Each year, the first year course is taught in over thirty small sections, each of eight to sixteen students. Legal Writing I focuses on basic principles of writing, language structure and usage, organization; case reading; legal analysis and case synthesis; ethics in informational legal writing; manual legal research methods and skills; and includes exercises in fact gathering and interviewing skills. Legal Writing II introduces students to computer-assisted research sources and usage, focuses on advocacy writing skills and ethics, includes exercises in negotiation, litigation drafting and strategy, includes a class visit to an appellate court, and concludes with an exercise in appellate brief writing and oral argument. Work in both semesters includes in-class instruction, in-library instruction, and individual faculty-student conferences and provides extensive written and oral feedback on all assignments. Classes are taught in small sections by experienced practitioners. Advanced Writing Courses for LL.M. students feature a curriculum designed to specifically meet the needs of returning and international students.
The Legal Writing Center brings together writing, research and other academic services for students and serves as a referral opportunity for faculty and administration. All student support is provided by experienced members of the writing faculty. The Legal Writing Center offers the following services: individual work with students on writing, analytic, outlining, note-taking and exam-taking needs; individual work with LL.M. students on English language, writing, analytic, outlining, note-taking and exam-taking needs; workshops on Research Methodology, Citation, Exam Preparation, Spanish for Lawyers and other topics; training for Teaching and Research Assistants; a manual and materials for Legal Writing Teaching Assistants; advisors for students who are writing Journal Notes, fulfilling the writing requirement of the Summer Institute Program or submitting articles to Writing Competitions; Judicial Appellate Advocacy Talks; as a clearinghouse for doctrinal tutoring; and a Legal Writing Resource Guide (distributed to all students).
Faculty members are experienced practitioners whose workplaces include major New York City law firms, the U.S. Attorneys Office, the New York State Attorney General’s Office and other private and public firms and organizations. Many Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing faculty members have held federal clerkships and have written and/or edited books and articles in diverse subjects in the legal field.
For further information about the Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program at Cardozo School of Law, please contact Leslie Newman, Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program, at 212.790.0323, or newman@yu.edu
First-Year Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing is a two-semester course. Each year, the first year course is taught in over thirty small sections, each of eight to sixteen students. Legal Writing I focuses on basic principles of writing, language structure and usage, organization; case reading; legal analysis and case synthesis; ethics in informational legal writing; manual legal research methods and skills; and includes exercises in fact gathering and interviewing skills. Legal Writing II introduces students to computer-assisted research sources and usage, focuses on advocacy writing skills and ethics, includes exercises in negotiation, litigation drafting and strategy, includes a class visit to an appellate court, and concludes with an exercise in appellate brief writing and oral argument. Work in both semesters includes in-class instruction, in-library instruction, and individual faculty-student conferences and provides extensive written and oral feedback on all assignments. Classes are taught in small sections by experienced practitioners. Advanced Writing Courses for LL.M. students feature a curriculum designed to specifically meet the needs of returning and international students.
The Legal Writing Center brings together writing, research and other academic services for students and serves as a referral opportunity for faculty and administration. All student support is provided by experienced members of the writing faculty. The Legal Writing Center offers the following services: individual work with students on writing, analytic, outlining, note-taking and exam-taking needs; individual work with LL.M. students on English language, writing, analytic, outlining, note-taking and exam-taking needs; workshops on Research Methodology, Citation, Exam Preparation, Spanish for Lawyers and other topics; training for Teaching and Research Assistants; a manual and materials for Legal Writing Teaching Assistants; advisors for students who are writing Journal Notes, fulfilling the writing requirement of the Summer Institute Program or submitting articles to Writing Competitions; Judicial Appellate Advocacy Talks; as a clearinghouse for doctrinal tutoring; and a Legal Writing Resource Guide (distributed to all students).
Faculty members are experienced practitioners whose workplaces include major New York City law firms, the U.S. Attorneys Office, the New York State Attorney General’s Office and other private and public firms and organizations. Many Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing faculty members have held federal clerkships and have written and/or edited books and articles in diverse subjects in the legal field.
For further information about the Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program at Cardozo School of Law, please contact Leslie Newman, Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program, at 212.790.0323, or newman@yu.edu
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