Summer Intersession or Fall 2013 Initial Class Assignment for:

Legal Research & Writing II § A & C

Instructor: Professor Sparling

First class date: August 20, 2013

Posting date: Aug 6, 2013 @ 12:50:45

Instructions:

Texts: 
The required texts in this course are my own Strategic Legal Research 
(“Sparling”) in addition to The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation 
(19th ed.) and Texas Rules of Form (12th ed.).

Week 1 – August 20/22

The Lawyer's Obligations and Responsibilities in a New Era of Legal 
Practice

Reading:  
•  Sparling, pp. 1-39; the Texas Lawyer's Creed at      
www.niwus.com/files/Lawyers-Creed.pdf

Legal Advocacy and Structuring a Legal Argument

Reading:  
•  Evan Schaeffer, Five Steps Towards Persuasive Writing at 
http://www.evanschaeffer.com/five-steps-towards-persuasive-
writing.html
•  James W. McElhaney, Legal Writing That Works at 
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/legal_writing_that_works/