Introduction to Corporate Skills

The best corporate attorneys are meticulous readers, precise analysts, and clear communicators. This course is designed to help second-year law students with an interest in corporate law strengthen their skills through hands-on, client-centered tasks. Each week, students will engage with assignments modeled on the kinds of tasks attorneys actually perform. Students will produce written work product across core subjects tested on the bar exam, including Contracts and Business Associations. The course is designed with an eye toward preparing students for the NextGen Bar Exam, and many assignments will be modeled after NextGen Bar Exam Performance Tasks and Integrated Question Sets, giving students early exposure to the format of the exam and helping students build skills that the exam demands. Students will have regular opportunities for one-on-one feedback with the professor and will participate in small-group work throughout the semester. Written assignments are the primary graded component, and detailed feedback on each will give students a clear picture of their progress and a concrete path forward. This is a two-credit course that satisfies the Additional Upper-Level Writing Requirement. This class is limited to 2F, 2P and 3P students only.