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Legal Research & Writing: An Undergraduate Pre-Law Course Design, Rachel Kathleen Strieber
Legal Research & Writing: An Undergraduate Pre-Law Course Design, Rachel Kathleen Strieber
Senior Theses
The purpose of this project-based thesis is to develop an undergraduate pre-law course that teaches legal research and writing (LRW) and to design its respective description, topics, reading materials, sample syllabus document, and a sample lesson plan. The research portion of this thesis will study the pedagogy of LRW and the connection between LRW skills and the students’ success in law school and careers in law. Preparing students to excel in LRW skills prior to law school through the proposed undergraduate pre-law LRW course will yield a stronger performance in a first-year law LRW course to follow and amplify students’ …