Presentation skills 2TC

HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW APPROVED BY PRINCIPAL COURSE SYLLABUS PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR LAWYER IN ADVERSARIAL CONTEXT HÀ NỘI - 2022 HA NOI LAW UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Program: Course title: Credit points: Type of the course: Bachelor of Laws (fulltime) Presentation skills in adversarial context Optional INFORMATION OF LECTURERS - Tơ Văn Hồ (Assoc Prof., PhD.), Tovanhoa@hlu.edu.vn - Hồng Xn Châu (PhD.), Hoang.xuan.chau@hlu.edu.vn - Lê Nguyễn Duy Hậu - Mai Thị Mai - Nguyễn Thu Trang - Đậu Công Hiệp - Phạm Minh Trang Office: Room 501, Building A, Hanoi Law University No 87, Nguyễn Chí Thanh Str., Hanoi Telephone: 04 38352357 Open hours: 8h00 - 16h00 week-days PREREQUISITE COURSES - Constitutional law - Civil law - Criminal law - Administrative law - Legal reasoning and legal writing in legal professions SUMMARY OF THE COURSE “Presentation skills in adversarial context” is a legal methodological training course rather than a substantive law course The course provides the students with the ablity to present legal reasoning in adversarial context, including writing legal memos and presenting oral arguments in trial context The students will get to work with real cases and in the context which is intimate to lawyers The course is composed of five issues, which focus on two main topics: - Writing legal memos to argue on a case - Presenting oral arguments to the benefit of a client in a contested case CONTENT OF THE COURSE Issue Introduction to legal presentation in adversarial context Issue Writing legal memos Issue Writing legal advice letter Issue Oral argument in a court room LEARNING OBJECTIVES 5.1 As to substantive knowledge: - K1: Eventhough it is not its prime purpose, after this course, the students will be able to gain in depth knowledge on a certain issues of substantive law, which are touch upon by the cases used during the course 5.2 As for professional skills and methods: After this course, the student is expected to: - S2: Be able to write legal memos and advice letter on a case - S3: Be able to present effective oral argument in court room context 5.3 As for professional attitude: - C4: After this course, the student will be more aware of some ethical rules of the legal professions, particularly the rule of loyalty to the client, critical thinking etc DETAILIZED KNOWLEDGE GAINING OBJECTIVES Obj Level Level 1A1 Understand the differences between the styles of legal writing 1A2 Understand the connection between legal writings and oral presentation 1A3 Understand the differences between the types of legal argument in resolving questions of law 1B1 Recognize the different components of a writing process 2A1 Understand the definition of legal memos (office memos) 2A2 Understand the role of office memos in legal correspondence 2.A.3 Understand the role of office memos in the daily business of a legal office Issue No 3A1 Understand the 2B1 Be able to recognize the differences between the different types of office memos Iss Issue Introduct ion to legal presentati on in adversari al context Issue Writing office memos Level 2C1 Be able to write a proper office memos on an actual case 3B1 Be able to 3C1 Be able to Writing legal advice letter definition of legal recognize the write a proper advice letter components of a legal advice letter 3A2 Understand the legal advice letter on an actual case role of legal advice letter in legal correspondence 3A3 Understand the role of legal advice letter in the daily business of a legal office Issue 4A1 Understand the Oral context of a courtargumen room trial t in a 4A2 Understand the court role of orgal room argument in a courtroom context 4A3 Understand the role of oral argument vis-à-vis legal profession 4C1 Be able to present oral argument on an actual case effectively ACCUMULATION OF OBJECTIVES Obj Level Level Level Issue No Issue No 1 Issue No 3 1 Iss Total Issue No 4 Tổng 12 3 18 THE MATRIX DEMONSTRATING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES WITH CLOs Objective Kiến thức K1 1A1 1A2 1A3 1B1 2A1 2A2 2A3 2B1 2C1 3A1 3A2 3A3 3B1 3C1 4A1 4A2 4A3 4C1 X X X X X X X X Kỹ Năng lực S2 S3 T4 X X X X X X X X X X X ss X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X READING MATERIALS A BOOKS Helene Sapo, Marilyn Walter, Elizabeth Fajans, Writing and analysis in the law, 6th edition, Foundation press, 2013 Cathy Glaser, Jethro Lieberman et al., The lawyer’s craft – An introduction of legal analysis, writing, research, and advocacy, LexisNexis, 2002 Robin Slocum, Legal resoning, writing, and other lawyering skills, 3rd edition, LexisNexis, 2011 Linda Edwards, Legal writing and analysis, 3rd edition, Aspen Coursebook Series, Wolters Kluwer, 2011 FORMS OF CLASES 9.1 Oversal schedule Forms of teaching and learning Wee Issu k e Lectu Semina Team Self Learning assessment re r work study 1 Participation in seminar 2 Participation in seminar Course paper 3 Partificpation in seminar 4 4 Participation in seminar Team assignment 5 Participation in seminar 10 20 10 15 = 30 = 15 = 10 = Total credit credit credit credit hours hours hours hours Notes: - Mid-term exam will be taken during a seminar class - Team assignment will be presented in a seminar class 9.2 Detailed schedule Week 1: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Main contents Requirements for students’ preparation Lecture Seminar Self study - Introduction to legal - Selected pages from Sapo presentation (2013), Glaser (2002) Introduction to advesarial context The process of legal writing Persuassive and - Discussion in class predictive writing in different context of legal profession Reading materials Tutoring - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 8.30 to 11.00 every Tuesday - Venue: Room 502, A Building or via email Week 2: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Lecture Seminar Self study Main contents Requirements for students’ preparation Office memos - Selected pages from Types of office memos and Sapo (2013), Slocum roles (2011) - Practicing writing office - Assigned cases, memos excercise - Doing excercise - Practicing writing office memos Tutoring - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 8.30 to 11.00 every Tuesday - Venue: Room 502, A Building or via email Week 3: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Lecture Seminar Team work Self study Main contents Requirements for students’ preparation - Writing legal advice letter - Components of a legal advice letter - Selected pages from Claser (2002), Slocum (2011) - Practicing writing legal - Assigned cases advice on an actual case - Assigned cases - Practicing writing legal advice on an actual case - Assigned cases - Practicing writing legal advice on an actual case Tutoring - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 8.30 to 11.00 every Tuesday - Venue: Room 502, A Building or via email Week 4+5: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Lecture Seminar Team work Main contents - Oral argument in a court room - Rules on effective orgal argument - Preparing and presenting oral argument on an actual case - Preparing and presenting oral argument on an actual case Requirements for students’ preparation - Selected pages from Claser (2002) Actual cases asigned in the class Actual cases asigned in the class Self study - Preparing and presenting Actual cases asigned oral argument on an actual in the class case 10 COURSE POLICY - In accordance with the applicable regulations of the Hanoi Law University 11 LEARNING ASSESSMENT 11.1 Regular assessment - Lecture attendance; - Participation in seminars and team assignment 11.2 Periodical assessment Forms Ratio Assessing knowledge and attitudes to participate in seminar 10% Group project 30% Final exam 60% 11.3 Criteria for assessment  Assessing knowledge and attitudes to participate in seminar - Assessing knowledge: Self-study and understand the lesson (1-7 mark) - Attitudes to participate in seminar: negative/ positive (1-3 mark) - Total: 10 mark  Team assignment:  Individual exam/paper: - The student will be a topic or questions to at home in form of a paper It could be to write a simple legal advice letter or to spot flaws in a given legal advice letter - Alternatively, the student may be asked to conduct a 1-hour written exam in the class For this alternative, the student will be given a 10 simple case and asked to apply a legal regulation to resolve the case  Participation: - Those students who attend all the classes will receive points Missing one class will take away point from the student - During each seminar those who participate actively in the discusssion will be given point as a bonus; those who not participate or fail to answer a question given to them will be taken away point - The maximum grade for participation is 10  Final exam - Condition to participate in the final exam: + Students participate in 75% or more of the prescribed hours for each theory or seminar part + Team assignment or individual exam must be greater than - Form: Written exam (120 minutes length) - Content: All issueses given in class and other self-studied issues, including all learning objectives listed in Section of this Outline - Criteria to assess the final exam: + Showing good understanding of the knowlege learned during the course; + Understandable argumentation; + Clearness in the language used LEADER OF SUBJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS Trang INFORMATION OF LECTURERS .2 PREREQUISITE COURSES 11 SUMMARY OF THE COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES ACCUMULATION OF OBJECTIVES FORMS OF CLASES 12 ... LAW Program: Course title: Credit points: Type of the course: Bachelor of Laws (fulltime) Presentation skills in adversarial context Optional INFORMATION OF LECTURERS - Tơ Văn Hồ (Assoc Prof.,... Administrative law - Legal reasoning and legal writing in legal professions SUMMARY OF THE COURSE ? ?Presentation skills in adversarial context” is a legal methodological training course rather than a substantive... to the benefit of a client in a contested case CONTENT OF THE COURSE Issue Introduction to legal presentation in adversarial context Issue Writing legal memos Issue Writing legal advice letter