The Loyola skills curriculum offers courses that teach the practical lawyering skills that students will need to effectively do the work of their lifetime. Skills curriculum courses are completed in one to four class meetings and are scheduled each semester. Practicing attorneys and judges teach the courses which are designed to provide an overview of specific areas of the law.
Each student is required to earn eight skills credits to be certified for graduation by the skills curriculum office. The required eight skills credits should be distributed with two courses in each of the first four categories for a total of eight credits.
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| Category I—Factual Investigation and Counseling | |
| Pretrial Practice Skills Developing Deposition Skills Advanced Legal Research Skills Creative Problem Solving Documents Drafting Foreign and International Legal Research Advocacy and Strategy in Government Regulatory Affairs Construction Law: Handling Cases Under the LA Private Works Act Drafting Corporate Documents |
Using the Internet for Legal Research Pleadings Drafting Computer Fundamentals for Computer Assisted Legal Research How to Write a Will Drafting Corporate Documents Basics of Mergers & Acquisitions Creditors' Rights Statutory & Regulatory Legal Research The Last Transaction Hero - LA Sales Tax
Dual Skills and Academic Credit |
| Category II—Trial Practice Skills | |
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Quantum Theory—Valuing the Case |
Lawyers in the Great Tradition Dual Skills and Academic Credit |
| Category III—Communication and Negotiation | |
| Courtroom Communication Skills Courtroom Performance Workshop Negotiation Techniques Workshop Entertainment Law Negotiation Arbitration Skills Workshop Mediation Skills Workshop Mock Mediation Workshop Real Estate Licensing Workshop Closing the Real Estate Transaction Legal Letters – Communication for Lawyers The Art of Persuasion |
Alternative Dispute Resolution Fundamentals of Arbitration Ethical Dilemmas to On-Line Marketing-from blogs to Twitter First Amendment Issues Facing the Media Handling Employee Benefits Claims Real Estate Transaction Workshop Dual Skills and Academic Credit |
| Category IV—Administrative Board and Office Management | |
| Handling Bankruptcy Claims Handling the Social Security Case Handling the Title VII Case Handling Claims Under the ADA Handling the Medical Malpractice Case Handling the Longshore Case - Making Sense of Administrative Soup Practice and Procedures Before Administrative Boards 5300 Reasons for Handling the Social Security Case |
The Professional in Practice (Required Skills Course) Law Office Management Technology and the Law Office: Beyond Word Processing Screening the Medical Malpractice Case Scientific Meets Socratic Method How to Go Solo form Scratch Digital Lawyering - How to Become Paperless Dual Skills and Academic Credit |
| Category V—Skills Electives | |
| How to Write for the Bar Exam | Duty Risk in Louisiana Tort Law |