[Law28] Your First LRW II Assignment

[Thrower, Susan E]

Dear students,

I hope you are enjoying the break and also looking forward to LRW II!  As Dr. Newsome and I continue to work on your section assignments, the LRW professors are working on your writing assignments.  Those assignments will not only deepen and widen your skills in analysis but will also help you learn and practice these skills:

--research;
--receiving an assignment from a legal supervisor; and
--reporting back to a supervisor regarding your progress on an assignment.

The LRW Manual identifies these skills as some of your Learning Outcomes.

I’m sure you’ve already realized that supervising attorneys do not hand law clerks and associates neatly typed-up explanations of client facts and legal issues to analyze.  On the contrary, they most often explain orally what they want an employee to do while the employee feverishly writes notes on a pad, swiftly reviews those notes, asks relevant follow-up questions, and departs to jump on the research process.  You will begin learning and practicing these skills right away in Week One, so you will need to come to your first LRW II class prepared to do these tasks:

--hand write notes of what your professor says during the assignment part of class;
--ask follow-up questions, right then, that you may have about the assignment; and
--begin the research process.

To help you think about the most effective and efficient ways to receive an assignment orally, rather than in writing, I am attaching some reading that I encourage you to do prior to the first week back.  By your first LRW II class, you will be only about four months away from your first legal job!  We want you to be ready.

Professor Thrower
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