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Law Practice Planning: Law as a Career and an Enterprise (Seminar) Prof. R. Lisle Baker 3 credits day; 3 credits evening.
Some students are unclear about what role in the legal profession they would like to undertake upon graduation. This course is designed to help students research both themselves and the legal profession. More particularly, it is designed to help students clarify their interests, skills, and values to develop criteria for evaluating their professional opportunities. The students use those criteria to find a good fit in the legal profession by conducting both library and online research on law practice as well as personal interviews of attorneys in their chosen fields. The students then present the preliminary results of their work to the seminar both orally and in writing. The students then build on that foundation to evaluate the feasibility of their preferred roles, including preparing a pro-forma financial analysis as well as examining some of the non-financial issues involved in conducting a successful law practice. The students also do further research on how they might make their preferred role a reality, including planning specific next steps to be undertaken while in law school or after graduation. The course concludes with an oral presentation to a practicing attorney who has started a law firm. In lieu of an examination, the students prepare a formal written law practice management plan incorporating the results of the course research and analysis. Enrollment is limited: 18 Elective Course Meets Skills Menu Requirement Meets Intellectual Property Concentration Requirements May Fulfill Legal Writing Requirement <<Course Updated: April 07, 2009>>

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