The Center for American Studies would like to invite you to participate in a certified weekend course with a U.S. law professor, Susan DeJarnatt, titled "Legal Writing & Legal Analysis".
The goal of the course is simple: you will master the art of complex legal writing, starting from analyzing the law and convincingly presenting the facts of your case, ending with structuring your legal argumentation in a powerful and effective manner.
The course will teach you legal writing both from a general perspective (logic and clarity of writing) and detailed perspective (organization of paragraphs and sentences, transitions, grammar, punctuation, and style).
During the course you will learn both persuasive writing (pleadings, appellate briefs) and objective writing (legal opinions/memoranda). The focus of the course will be on persuasive legal writing.
Despite the course being taught in English, knowing clear and concise American methods of legal writing will be conducive to your domestic legal practice.
The course will be held on Zoom on Friday (December 6) and on Saturday (December 7) on Zoom. Exact hours are provided below.
Because our "Legal Writing & Legal Analysis" course taught by Prof. Susan L. DeJarnatt is strictly practical.
➤ You will learn the characteristics of and skills necessary for formal objective and persuasive legal writing.
➤ You will learn effective strategies for applying legal principles to client facts and for communicating legal reasoning in writing.
➤ You will learn how to improve your legal writing through the rewriting and revising process.
➤ And more!
Susan DeJarnatt
Susan L. DeJarnatt was a staff attorney at Community Legal Services, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1985 to 1996, specializing in consumer protection, bankruptcy, and housing issues; and from 1982 to 1984, an associate at the Philadelphia law firm of Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow and Young.
Following graduation from law school, she served for two years as law clerk to the Honorable Joseph S. Lord, III, Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In her work, Prof. Susan DeJarnatt focuses on rhetoric in the debates about bankruptcy and education reform, on the connections between composition theory and legal writing pedagogy, on the impact of privatization on public education, and on the importance of incorporating international and cross-border issues into legal writing courses.
She has frequently taught in and directed the Temple Rome summer program and has been a visiting professor at the University of Verona. She is on the Editorial Board of the National Education Policy Center. In 2008, Professor DeJarnatt won the University Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. She has been teaching legal writing and legal research classes for a long time.
Every participant of the course will receive a package of free materials for self-study of Legal Writing.
All of our courses are certified.
You will be awarded an official digital certificate signed by the Center for American Studies' President and Director of Academic Affairs. You may then print the certificate at home, use it to apply for various academic positions, or simply post it to your LinkedIn or other professional channels.
The certificate contains the number of training hours and may be used to fulfill your duty of professional development mandated by your bar association, trade chamber, or employer.
For participants registered in the 1st enrollment pool (before 23.59 on November 30, 2024) the cost of participation is only 99 EUR*.
For participants registered in the 2nd enrollment pool (until 23.59 on December 3, 2024), the cost of participation is 149 EUR.
Link for fast & secure electronic and card payments (for the 1st enrollment pool):
https://buy.stripe.com/fZe9D8faA1Pi6Bi3iw
The fee can be also made directly to our bank account in EUR:
Center For American Studies
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Title of the fee: Legal Writing in English course – <name of the Participant>
[Pick OUR for transfer charges. You are responsible for the wire transfer costs (if any occur)].
*The condition for participation in a given pool of enrollment is registering and paying the course fee within the specified deadline.
Please send all of your questions to the Course Coordinator, Mrs. Rita Tomala at [email protected]
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