Law, Language, and Culture

Catalog description

A four-week intensive course which will introduce international students to legal English, the American legal system, and the law school experience. Through small-group class interaction, encounters with lawyers, judges, and teachers, visits to classrooms, courtrooms and law firms, and interaction with popular media, students will learn to read and begin to produce good legal writing, to study and understand American law, and to make the best possible use of their American law school experiences.