PA Legislative Process Sim

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Elective Course Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement Requires approval of professors to be taken with Adv. Legal Writing: Drafting Fulfills Current Concentration Elective: Government and Public Interest- Basic Government Track, Government and Public Interest- Public Service and Community Engagement Track In this course, students will explore and experience the role and the work of legislatures in our state and federal governments. Despite the fact that the lawmaking function of our government resides with legislatures, lawyers all too often focus on the court system as the primary means of solving client problems. In this course, students will gain a greater understanding of the legislative process and how it can be used to help clients. While traditional learning methods of reading, lecture, and discussion will be employed, the primary learning method in this course will be experiential. Students will have the opportunity to ?work? in a mock legislative setting, drafting legislation and working with classmates to improve and ?pass? the bills. Additionally, students will work with a real-world client to draft federal, state, or local legislation to help solve a problem for the client. No matter the field of law a student intends to enter, the understanding of the lawmaking process, as well as the basic legal drafting skills learned will be transferable.