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Legal
Writing and Legal Methods at Drexel Law
 At Drexel Law, we know research, analysis, writing, and oral communication
are critical skills for attorneys. Through the Legal Methods curriculum,
we provide you with opportunities to learn and practice these core
skills so you can succeed in your co-op placements, your summer
clerkships, and your careers.
As first-year students, you will begin with a course in Introduction
to Law and Legal Methods, taught over the two weeks before your
other classes begin. The course introduces you to the court system,
judicial and statutory authority and case reading and analysis.
In Legal Methods I and II, you will learn to do research using
print and web-based resources, write memoranda and trial-level
briefs and orally argue for your client. Your classes will be taught
by experienced faculty, not student assistants. You will receive
individualized feedback from your professor and work one-on-one
with your professor on your analysis and writing. A simulation-based
course, Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation will allow you
to assume the roles of attorneys and clients and practice these
skills with guidance from your professors.
Before you graduate, you will take two additional courses that
involve substantial writing, one of which will be a seminar. The
upper level writing-based courses we offer include Litigation Drafting,
Appellate Advocacy, Contract Drafting, Employment Discrimination:
A Drafting Perspective, and other specialized classes. You will
be writing in many of your courses across our curriculum, as your
professors will use written assignments ranging from complaint
drafting to problem analysis to help you master the subject matter
of the course. By the time you file your first brief in court or
counsel your first client, you will have had the chance to learn
and hone these important skills.
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