Professional Identity, Practices and Skills I

Catalog description

Members of the legal profession enjoy great social power but also have significant responsibilities and duties, including to the profession, the public, and the legal system. Upholding those responsibilities and duties begins with the development of technical competence, as well as the purposeful commitment to self-reflection and self-development. This course introduces many technical skills necessary for both a successful law school academic experience and for the practice of law, including active listening and effective notetaking practices, case reading and legal analysis, meaningful preparation and time management, presentation and feedback delivery, and the development of a self-reflection practice. The course also begins to examine professionalism and professional identity, with a particular focus on bar licensure requirements and law school codes of conduct. Students will explore these skills and concepts through large and small group work over the course of the semester.