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Legal Research and Writing (CJS 302)

Term: 2024-2025 Spring Term

Faculty

Sara Schreiber
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM (1/15/2025 - 5/9/2025) Location: WLC SC S141

Description

This course is an introduction to the resources and research methods required for report writing. Students will analyze and write incident reports, investigative reports, arrest reports, and citations. Course topics will include: the interpretation of reports produced by medicolegal personnel, psychiatric and mental health professionals, clinicians, and caseworkers, and the research and writing techniques involved in the production of legal memoranda and trial briefs.