Updated: 9/09/01
David C. Jordan, Esq. Attorney at Law (SBN # 69052)
Director-Paralegal Studies Program
Telephone: (Campus) 818/364-7720
Voicemail & Pager 818/546-7060
E-Mail: abogado@pacbell.net
Monday-Thursdays 4:00 to 5:45 PM or by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Catalog: CSU 3 units. This course consists
of advanced legal drafting and writing, including research and
special projects. The student will draft a business letter, a
demand letter, a Legal Memorandum, a Mandatory Settlement Conference
Brief, a Motion for Summary Judgment, and a Final Research Project.
Law 17 introduces the student to advanced legal drafting and writing,
including research and special projects. The student will also
study and learn the essentials of legal research, including the
six steps to effectively research a legal matter.
COURSE TEXT
There is no course text for this class.
All materials will be provided on the internet webpage for this
class at Law
17 Class.
COURSE
OJBECTIVES
1. The student will learn the to write by posting
to DISCUSSIONS
2. The student will learn to "think critically" in law,
and in various legal areas and subject matter, and will post their
analysis of "principles, policies, and rules" under
the P-P-R's
3. The assignments require
the student to prepare a business letter, a demand letter, a legal
memorandum, a Mandatory Settlement Conference Brief, a Motion
for Summary Judgment, and a Final Research Project.
3. The student will learn how to do legal
research.
4. The student will improve
his/her writing skills and legal
drafting/writing skills.
5. The student will improve
their study skills and will improve
how they study law.
GRADING & EVALUATION
The class will be composed of postings - 9 postings and
9 P-P-R's (What
is a PPR?), along with 6 written
projects.
Grades will be posted on the internet using microsoft excel. There
will be a column for each posting and written project. Grades
will be posted for each student under their last four numbers
of their social security number in order to preserve confidentiality.
The due date for each posting, project, and assignment, will be set forth in the schedule.
Note: Many students ask about the point grade. It is calculated by taking the total number of actual points earned to date, divided by the total amount of possible points to date and multiplying it by 100 to give a perenctage grade. At the upper left column, under "perfect student", SS#, the actual total possible points (to date) are listed for the use in calculating the students grade.
The "letter grade" scale is as follows.
A = 90-100 percent of total points
B = 80-90
C = 65-80
D = 55-65
F = Below 55
COMPUTER POLICY
This class frequently uses materials which are posted on
the world wide web. Students are encouraged to learn
computer skills, including word processing, and use of the
internet. No computer skills are required for this class. The
student will learn, and will be taught the necessary skills to
access materials for this class from the class webpage. The first
time student is encouraged to take
a tour of the web page, and then to test their knowledge of
our webpage by taking the
quiz on the tour of our webpage.
The primary web address (home page) for the Paralegal Program
is http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan,
and this class is located at http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan/21f/law17/
All materials for this class may be printed from the web
site. If the student does not have access to a computer at home
or at work, the materials may be printed out (at $.10 -ten cents
per copy) in the Learning Resource Center. The student should
obtain print cards for $1 or $5 purchased on the 2nd Floor of
the Learning Resource Center, for from the Business Office during
regular business hours.
All assignments, and postings may be submitted, in writing, by
the student, at the time and dates due. Students are not required
to purchase or own or use a computer for their assignments. The
use of the web site for the class is in conjunction with the lectures,
class attendance and participation, and is intended to supplement
the learning of the assignments, and to provide easier access
for students.
Students who experience any difficulties in grasping or learning
the materials should refer to the study
skills materials, and the Student's
Guide to Success.
It is the responsability of a student who wishes to "drop"
this class, to do so at admissions. However, before dropping the
class, the student is encouraged to discuss the problems being
encountered with Prof. Jordan to see the many ways these problems
can be resolved.
*syllabus is subject to change. Please note revision dates
("last updated") above. Students are
responsible for the most recent updated version of this syllabus.
Prof. Jordan