Date of Award

Spring 2021

Degree Type

Thesis

Director of Thesis

Jan Baker

First Reader

Alisa M. Leventis

Second Reader

Alisa M. Leventis

Abstract

The purpose of this project-based thesis is to develop an undergraduate pre-law course that teaches legal research and writing (LRW) and to design its respective description, topics, reading materials, sample syllabus document, and a sample lesson plan. The research portion of this thesis will study the pedagogy of LRW and the connection between LRW skills and the students’ success in law school and careers in law. Preparing students to excel in LRW skills prior to law school through the proposed undergraduate pre-law LRW course will yield a stronger performance in a first-year law LRW course to follow and amplify students’ success in law school and beyond.

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© 2021, Rachel Kathleen Strieber

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