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Fall 2026

Academic Writing for Law Journals

This seminar is primarily for students who would like to work in a collaborative setting on a student note. Students should expect to spend class time discussing the practice of academic research and writing, as well as workshopping their own or their classmates' drafts. The seminar may be taught in a mix of plenary sessions and one-on-one meetings. 

Registration priority will be given to students who meet the prerequisite/corequisite and plan to submit their work product to a student-edited UMN law journal for possible publication.  Note: This class is not a prerequisite to submitting a note for publication.  

If seats remain available closer to the start of the semester, interested students without the prerequisite/corequisite who would like to work on other forms of academic writing can contact the instructor for approval to enroll.

Fall 2026 registration note: This course will only be available to rising 2Ls for Fall 2026 enrollment.  Fall 2026 enrollment for this course will open in June, after the journal petition period is complete and students are enrolled in their selected journal staff sections.  Registration details will be communicated by the Law School Curriculum office at a later date.

Instructor

Course Information

Credits

2

Prerequisites

Prereq or coreq of a journal staff section: LAW 7102 or LAW 7202 or LAW 7302 or LAW 7602

Graduation Requirements

Upper Division Legal Writing

Student year

J.D. - 2L/3L (Upper Division)

Grade base

A - F

Course type

Seminar
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