Cognitive Skills for the Legal Profession Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Course

LGLA-1309-001 Cognitive Skills for the Legal Profession

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: LGLA 1345 and LGLA 2303\ Corequisite: LGLA 1351 or RELE 1311

Course Description

Training in creative, critical and intuitive thinking in the legal environment; group dynamics and effective participation in work groups and teams; listen effectively and critically; formulate solutions to assigned problems; and read critically.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

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Textbooks

None.  All materials will be uploaded to the course Blackboard page.

Supplies

None needed

Student Performance

Thiis semester students will be analyzing a case file from the Innocence Project of Texas.

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Expected Student Behavior

I will strictly adhere to the Amarillo College policies and code of student conduct in dealing with plagiarism, cheating and duplication of work product.  Further any suspicion of plagiarism, cheating or duplication of work product will result in a zero on the project or test in question. 

Grading Criteria

CALI Lessons                                                                                       20 percent

Transcript Record Summaries                                                                40 percent

Case Memo                                                                                          40 percent

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