4.10.01 Statement of Goals
A. To reinforce, expand and amplify the skills learned by students
in the three mandatory Legal Research and Writing Courses.
B. To develop the techniques of in-depth analysis, synthesis and organization
of a body of material.
C. To develop the ability to analyze multiple sources.
D. To require students to produce original and rigorous written works.
Examples of written works which could comply with this policy include
law review style papers, briefs, policy papers and estate plans. A series
of shorter works may also qualify.
4.10.02 Options to Fulfill the Obligation: The upper-class
writing requirement may be fulfilled by the preparation, under the direction
of a full-time faculty member, of a rigorous written work consistent
with the above goals, in any of the following classes:
A. Capital University Law Review (via an approved note or comment).
B. An approved research seminar, taught by a full-time faculty member.
Qualifying seminars shall be determined by the Law School Administration.
Such seminars shall be designated in the students’ registration
materials.
C. An approved course or practicum taught by a full-time faculty member.
Qualifying courses and practicums shall be determined by the Academic
Affairs Committee upon the request of the professor teaching the course.
In considering the request, the Committee will consider both the above
goals and the percentage of the course-grade assigned to the written
work. On approval, such courses shall be designated in the students’
registration materials. The following courses have received such approval:
Appellate Advocacy, Environmental Law Practicum and Death Penalty Practicum.
D. A course or practicum taught by a full-time faculty member, in which
the normal means of grade achievement is an examination but in which
the professor has granted a written work option to a maximum of five
(5) students. Qualifying courses and practicums shall be determined
by the Law School Administration after consultation with the professor
of the course. Such courses shall be designated in the students’
registration materials.
E. An independent research (course 982), by completion of an independent
research paper or independent research project. To fulfill the upper-class
writing requirement, independent research projects require the pre-approval
of the Academic Affairs Committee. No faculty member may direct more
than three independent study papers or projects per semester. Students
are advised that faculty members generally are unwilling to supervise
independent study for purposes of satisfying upper-class writing in
the areas in which they offer upper-class writing opportunities in a
seminar or course.
F. Clinic, upon approval of the Academic Affairs Committee.
4.10.03 Format and Storage
A. Every written work submitted in fulfillment of the upper-class writing
requirements shall have a title page bearing the name of the student
and the Faculty member supervising the work as well as the title of
the work.
B. Written works submitted in fulfillment of the upper-class writing
requirement shall be stored with examination papers for the same time
as the examination papers.
4.10.04 Minimum Grade
To satisfy the upper-class writing requirement under Section 4.10.02
(A), the faculty advisor to the Capital University Law Review shall
certify that the publishable note or comment submitted by the student
merits a minimum grade of C. To satisfy the upper-class writing requirement
pursuant to any other provisions of Section 4.10.02, the student must
earn a minimum grade of C on the submitted written work. A student who
earns less than a C on a written work submitted in fulfillment of the
upper-class writing requirement will receive an incomplete (I) and must
complete the written work consistent with the provisions governing incomplete
grades (See Section 4.7.05 (C)(3)). In a course or seminar in which
a written work is one component of the grade for the course or seminar,
the student satisfies the upper-class writing requirement only if the
student earns a minimum grade of C on the written work component of
the course of seminar.
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