Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Upper Level Writing Courses

Third Semester Legal Writing

The mandatory third semester builds on the skills taught in the first year writing and research courses and trains students in advanced research modalities through a variety of course offerings from drafting to brief writing to scholarly writing. Descriptions of third semester legal writing courses may be found in Course Descriptions.  Courses that are routinely offered and satisfy the third semester mandatory legal writing requirement are:

THE UPPER LEVEL WRITING REQUIREMENT IS SATISFIED BY EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

Independent legal research (paper)-l860 (2 or 3 credits)

Seminar with a paper component that is designated 5 or 5a on course schedule (2 or 3 credits)

For more information on these courses go to ACADEMICS/J.D. REQUIREMENTS/REQUIRED COURSES