Universität Wien

030233 KU Legal Writing (2024W)

Legal Writing and Related Global Legal Skills

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
GEMISCHT
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

21.10.2024, 9:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, meeting in Brno
22.10.2024, 9:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, meeting in Brno
23.10.2024, 9:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, meeting in Brno
24.10.2024, 9:00-12:00 meeting in Brno

  • Mittwoch 09.10. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG (Vorbesprechung)
  • Montag 14.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Digital
  • Montag 21.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Montag 21.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Dienstag 22.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Dienstag 22.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Mittwoch 23.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Mittwoch 23.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Donnerstag 24.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Ort in u:find Details

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Students will acquire basic legal writing and research skills. The course focuses on legal writing from a comparative legal perspective and offers an introduction to the US legal system. It will consist of the following topics:
(i) legal writing;
(ii) reading cases globally; briefing a case;
(iii) argumentation and presentation skills;
(iv) organization of sources:
(v) appellate writing;
(vi) finding the necessary information in books, journals, and case law;
(vii) citation skills: making correct citations, and avoiding copyright infringements (plagiarism);
(viii) find important information;
(ix) formal rules and structures for writing legal documents, seminar papers, and final papers.

Interactive class sessions in a highly international environment will stimulate active discussions and exchange between students and instructors. Presentations and basic input by the lecturers will accompany group exercises and presentations in class.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

We will base the grading on the quality of the active participation during the class modules (quality of ad hoc group discussion results and their presentation during and in classes) and on a written paper (summary of writing skill exercises carried out and/or explained in class) that you have to submit after the end of the class sessions.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students should be advanced in their undergraduate law studies and going to prepare a seminar paper/master thesis or enrolled in a doctoral, Ph.D., or post-graduate master program.
We will assess the output according to the standards of good legal writing, and the individual level of the participant's legal writing tasks (seminar paper, master thesis, doctoral thesis).

assessment: "participated with success" (+) or "participated without success" (-)

Prüfungsstoff

The evaluation of the student's performance will be based on the content of the class sessions and home exercises.

Literatur

Christoph Konrath (ed.), SchreibGuide Jus, 4th edition, Manz: Vienna 2018
John B. Thornton, U.S. Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Practice for International Lawyers, LexisNexis: New Providence/San Francisco 2014

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 02.10.2024 09:25