Universität Wien

030233 KU Legal Writing (2023W)

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

The course will be carried out in cooperation with the EALT Legal Writing and Global Legal Skills Autumn School at Masaryk University Brno and will be held from 9th to 13th October 2023 in Brno/CZ. In order to complete registration for the class and to prepare for the excursion, presence in the online preparatory meeting on 29 September 2023 at 15:30 is compulsory. Presence throughout the entire class sessions (full day classes between 9 and 13 October in Brno) is required. In duly justified cases (collisions with other classes in Vienna) the presence requirement can be substituted for one day by alternative accomplishments. Travel and subsistence (housing, meal) costs for the one week stay in Brno have to be borne by the participants themselves.

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

The course will be carried out in cooperation with the EALT Legal Writing and Global Legal Skills Autumn School at Masaryk University Brno and will be held from 9th to 13th October 2023 in Brno/CZ. In order to complete registration for the class and to prepare for the excursion, presence in the online preparatory meeting on 28 September 2023 at 15:30 [NEW MEETING DATE is 28 September instead of 29 September) is compulsory. Presence throughout the entire class sessions (full day classes between 9 and 13 October in Brno) is required. In duly justified cases (collisions with other classes in Vienna) the presence requirement can be substituted for one day by alternative accomplishments. Travel and subsistence (housing, meal) costs for the one week stay in Brno have to be borne by the participants themselves.

  • Freitag 29.09. 15:30 - 17:00 Digital (Vorbesprechung)
  • Montag 23.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM41 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG

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 20.09.2023 15:47