Summer 2018 Course Schedule

Small Group Externship Seminar (CANCELLED) (LAW-769-007B)
Michael Aniton

Meets: (Cancelled) - Warren - Room NT07

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Notices

**You must register for the fieldwork component as well (LAW-899). To do so, you must apply for your fieldwork credits through the externship office: https://www.wcl.american.edu/academics/experientialedu/externships/current-students/how-to-registar/

Description

This is a one-credit graded (pass/fail) seminar taken in conjunction with a field placement in a non-profit organization, court office, government organization, or a private law firm handling pro bono matters exclusively. This course is designed to explore the practice of law, and how to transition from the classroom to the workplace. Each class will address a major topic including, but not limited to, the art and science of attorney advising, conflict resolution, ethics, client relationships, professionalism, making presentations, effective communication, and the art of networking. The major topics will be discussed in the context of trials and administrative hearings and attorney advising, with a focus on government agencies and organizations. The class will consist of a combination of lecture and class discussion, with emphasis being placed on class discussion.

Textbooks and Other Materials

The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.

This course will cover a selection of chapters from "Learning From Practice - A Text For Experiential Legal Education," Third Edition, by Wortham, Scherr, Maurer, and Brooks. For those for whom purchasing the whole book seems too costly, given that all of the chapters will not be covered during this course, individual chapters are available electronically (currently at $6.00 per chapter). Below are Instructions for acquiring these individual chapters: 1) Go to WestAcademic.com. 2) Click on the Store tab in the upper right. 3) On the next page, in the search box, enter the phrase “Wortham, Scherr”. 4) The next page starts a list that includes both the whole book and the individual chapters in the book. 5) Find the entry for each chapters listed below and click “Add to Cart.” You will need to return to the list of chapters to add each new chapter. 6) After adding all of the chapters below to your Cart, you can proceed to checkout and complete your purchase. West will then provide you instructions for reading and printing them through West’s Law School Exchange. 7) You will receive codes that allow you to access the relevant chapter. Make sure to use those codes quickly. You will lose access unless you do so within a relatively short period of time.

First Class Readings

There is no reading assignment for the first class.

Syllabus

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