206.5S sec. 003 - LLM Legal Research and Writing (Summer 2025)
Instructor: Courtney McCausland (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Graded
Meetings:
TuTh 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Law 113
From June 03, 2025
To July 17, 2025
W 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Law 113
On 2025-06-18
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Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 20
As of: 11/28 11:14 AM
This course will introduce students to U.S. legal reasoning and practice by examining court opinions, teaching legal research methods, and developing skills of legal writing in the United States. The course emphasizes understanding the U.S. legal system, common law legal reasoning, legal problem solving, and effective written communication of legal analysis. The course includes several written assignments building up to a final writing project (on an assigned topic) of 3750 to 5000 words.
Jodi L. Collova leads a faculty of experienced legal writing instructors who teach foreign-trained LL.M. students common law legal analysis and the U.S. style of legal writing. She teaches Fundamentals of U.S. Law (the introductory course for foreign-trained LL.M. students), LL.M. Legal Research and Writing, LL.M. Advanced Legal Writing, and LL.M. Capstone Writing Workshop.
Prior to joining Berkeley Law in 2017, she taught as an adjunct professor and worked as a research librarian at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, the University of San Francisco School of Law, and Golden Gate University School of Law. She also taught legal writing as a visiting professor to LL.M. students at the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai in the spring of 2017. Prior to transitioning to an academic career, she practiced plaintiff’s-side employment law with a private firm in San Francisco. She is a member of the State Bar of California, the Legal Writing Institute, and the Association of Legal Writing Directors.
Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: LL.M. Required Courses
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