Detailed Syllabus
Thursday, August 24
Joint Tutorial Session- Introduction to the American Legal
System
Introductory Presentations
Tuesday, August 29
Joint Tutorial Session- Legal Reasoning and Balancing
Academic Honesty
Thursday, August 31
Lochner, Class #1
Due: Writing Assignment #1- Diagnostic Assignment
Tuesday, September 5
Lochner, Class #2
Due: Academic Honesty Exercise
Thursday, September 7
Open Session
Tuesday, September 12
Bakke, Class #1
Individual Writing Conferences
Thursday, September 14
Bakke, Class #2
Hand out Writing Assignment #2
Tuesday, September 19
Rodriguez, Class #1
Writing Workshop- Overview of the Writing Process, Macro-Organizational
Issues
Thursday, September 21
Rodriguez, Class #2
Tuesday, September 26
Joint Tutorial Session on Bakke and Rodgriguez
Writing Assignment #2 due
Presentation #1
Hand out Assignment for Final Creative/Research Project (due at
the end of the semester)
Thursday, September 28
Schenck, Class #1
Research Workshop- Introduction to Burling Library's Resources
and Reader Services
Tuesday, October 3
Open Class
Hand Back Assignment #2
Writing Workshop- Topic Sentence/Thesis Paragraph
Thursday, October 5
Joint Tutorial Section- Guest Lecture
Tuesday, October 10
Tinker, Class # 1
Rewrite of Assignment #2 due
Thursday, October 12
Tinker, Class # 2
Tuesday, October 24
Open Class
Thursday, October 26
Lucas, Class #1
Hand out Writing Assignment #3
Tuesday, October 31
Lucas, Class #2
Thursday, November 2
Open Class
Writing Assignment #3 due
Tuesday, November 7
Washington v. Glucksberg, Class #1
Peer Editing Exercise
Pre-Registration Conferences
Thursday, November 9
Washington v. Glucksberg, Class #2
Presentation #2
Hand back Assignment #3
Tuesday, November 14
Open Class
Joint Tutorial Session
Workshop: Editing/Proofreading
Thursday, November 16
Yoder, Class #1
Rewrite of Assignment #3 due
Tuesday, November 21
Yoder, Class #2
Tuesday, November 28
Open Class
Thursday, November 30
Romer, Class #1
Writing Assignment #4 due (Final Creative/Research Project), including
Research Bibliography
Tuesday, December 5
Romer, Class #2
Thursday, December 7
Final Presentations
Conclusion