aptpuo - fall 2024 - cml4307 c - Ottawa, Canada - University of Ottawa

Description

Description

:In this course, students will practice predictive and persuasive legal writing using realistic case facts and common legal documents. Students will learn effective editing and time-management strategies. Topics will include professional responsibility, legal ethics, and cultural and gender sensitivity in legal writing. Students will write in and outside of class and participate in class discussion and peer-feedback activities.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

April 05, 2024

Closing Date:

May 07, 2024

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Expected Enrolment:

16

Approval date:

April 05, 2024

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - Tuesday 17:30 – 20:20 Virtual

Requirements:

The Common Law Section is seeking candidates who are leaders in the legal profession. An LL.B., J.D., or equivalent is required for this position. The successful candidate will have extensive experience writing both predictive and persuasive legal documents.Experience giving oral and written feedback on legal writing or experience teaching legal writing will be considered an asset. The candidate must be willing to use active learning strategies and provide extensive feedback on multiple assignments. Further, the candidate must be able to work with the other writing professors as a team directed by the Legal Writing Academy. Candidates may be asked to submit writing samples.

The Common Law Section reserves the right to select a candidate who does not fully meet each of these requirements, where the candidate's selection would be beneficial to the program, the course, the students or for a related reason.

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience.