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Legal Research: Animal Law

Legal Research: Animal Law

Course Number: LAW-593
Course Type: Highly Specialized
Credits: 2
Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
Description: This course approaches legal research and writing through an animal law lens and is designed to build upon the skills students have previously acquired in order to more thoroughly prepare them to undertake legal research and writing in the animal law program, as well as in practice, academia, and collateral fields. In doing so,the course will explore both research logistics (e.g., resources; strategies) as well as research theory (e.g., legal research as a communicative endeavor; goals of research within the law). Students can expect exposure to research techniques at a variety of jurisdictional and interdisciplinary levels; however, this course is not meant to provide detailed training on using any particular research platform. Students in this course will learn through a combination of lectures, graded assignments, in-class exercises and other activities.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation Method: Participation, presentation, short written assignments, final assignment
Capstone: no
WIE: Yes

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