Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader). High School Diploma or equivalent, College experience and/or law office experience is helpful but not required.
You will also need to purchase the following textbooks through Amazon.com before the course begins:
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A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.
All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.
Lesson 1
Computerized Legal Research
Lesson 2
Westlaw and The Internet
Lesson 3
Legal Writing
Lesson 4
Grammar, Sentence Structure and Punctuation
Lesson 5
Paragraph Organization
Lesson 6
Appellate Procedure
Lesson 7
Organization of the Appellate Brief
Lesson 8
Preliminary Pages, Argument and Conclusion
Lesson 9
Appellate Brief Research
Lesson 10
Appellate Brief Research, continued
Lesson 11
Preparation of the Appellate Brief
Lesson 12
Preparation of the Appellate Brief, continued
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