LAW 855 - Courtroom as Theatre (Section: LS1)

Description: This course teaches performance skills related to the use of voice, body, and movement in the context of the courtroom. It is designed for law students who want to improve their presentations as trial and appellate advocates or to simply be more effective in ordinary lawyer communications. The premise of the instructors is, "Lawyers don't have a constitutional right to be boring!" This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.

Term: Fall Law School   Units: 2   Course Type(s): JD Elective, LLM US Legal Studies, Lawyering Skills, Litigation/Dispute Res.
Offered: Friday 11:35AM - 1:15PM from August 17, 2009 through December 12, 2009
Location: San Francisco
Meeting room: Building: 536 Mission St., Room 3201
Instructor: Bernard Segal; Harriet Schiffer Scott
Capacity/Available: 24/17
Status: Open — register online »
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Comments: COURTROOM AS THEATER - This course will meet on Fridays in two class sections, LS1 at 11:20 a.m.-1:00 p.m., and LS2 at 1:20-3:00 p.m. Students should enroll in section LS1 and should attend the first class on Friday, August 21, at 11:20 a.m. At that class, the instructors will divide the enrolled students into the two sections, and they will notify the Registrar's Office of which students will be moved to section LS2. After the first class, any student wishing to enroll will need the signature of the instructor. Attendance at the first class is mandatory. Students not present will be administratively dropped from the class. Students on the 'wait list' for this course are encouraged to attend the first class because there are occasional opportunities to obtain the seat of someone who is dropped from the course. Students who find that they can not register for section LS1 of Courtroom as Theater due to a conflict with the morning sections of Evidence or Business Associations should submit a Schedule Change Request form to the Law Registrar's Office to be manually enrolled in the afternoon section.  

Syllabus: SegalScottCourtroom As Theater Syllabus Fall 2009.pdf (posted Thursday, August 06, 2009)

Current and planned sections:

	Term	Section	Location	Dates	Offered	Instructor	Syllabus
»	09/FL	LS1	San Francisco	Aug 17 - Dec 12, 2009	Friday 11:35AM-1:15PM	Bernard Segal Harriet Schiffer Scott
	10/SL	LS1	San Francisco	Jan 11 - May 12, 2010	Friday 11:20AM-1:00PM	Bernard Segal Harriet Schiffer Scott
	10/SL	LS2	San Francisco	Jan 11 - May 12, 2010	Friday 1:20PM-3:00PM	Bernard Segal Harriet Schiffer Scott