486 Jurisprudence (Muir)

LAW486 

Graduate Seminar: Practice and Theory in Legal Scholarship

(Muir)

Prerequisite courses: 

Prerequisite for: 

Instructor(s): Professor James Muir and guests

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: seminar

METHOD OF EVALUATION

There will be several assignments of 1 to 12 pages in length building toward a graduate thesis or dissertation proposal.

Students will be expected to do between 50 and 100 pages of reading a week and discuss the readings in class.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is an introduction to academic legal study and the skills involved. It has two components. The assignments will draw the two components together.

First, we will read and discuss a range of legal scholarship that adopts a wide variety of methods. The goal is to expose you to the range of possibilities in scholarly legal study and to help you develop a critical understanding of common methods and theories employed in legal scholarship.

Second, we will work on the skills required to succeed in legal scholarship, focusing on planning, researching, and writing projects.

The course may be particularly useful for students planning to do directed research projects or who are considering graduate study in Law. 

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2021-22. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):

None. All texts will be available through the library and the library website.