Ext Sem:Legal Svcs & Non-Profit Advocacy (LAW-769-003)
Sanders
Meets: 04:00 PM - 05:50 PM (T) - Room 351
Enrolled: 11 / Limit: 15
Notices
Registering for your field placement credits is a separate process. Students must first register for a seminar and then go to www.wcl.american.edu/externship to submit a Request for Approval, which generates the necessary forms. Students with concerns about placement approval should speak with a member of the Externship Staff. Students are not registered for field credits until they submit the signed Registration Form to the Registrar.
Description
Required small group meetings TBD
This seminar will provide a forum for students to reflect on their first experiences acting as lawyers in the "real world" work settings of their externship placements. The goal will be to integrate students' insights gained through participant observation during the course of their externships with assigned weekly readings and other media focused on a variety of themes related to the experience of being a lawyer. Topics will include workplace decision-making and hierarchy, the role of deception in legal practice, creating successful styles of communication, and balancing personal and career goals. In addition, we will use hypotheticals and simulations to examine a variety of lawyering and advocacy skills. Course is open to all students in all externship field placements.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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A course packet will be available from the 4th floor copy center prior to the first day of class.
First Class Readings
We apologize for the late availability of the course packets. Please complete the readings assigned in the syllabus, if possible. Thank you.
Syllabus
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