LAW 6269

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LAW 6269
Improv, Storytelling and Trial Advocacy

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Effective trial lawyers must have the ability to creatively use facts to tell compelling stories in a fast-paced, live environment. Improv is the art of storytelling from the known facts developed during a live performance. In this course, students will develop trial advocacy skills by learning the fundamentals of improvisational theatre in an intense, focused, fun and safe setting. Improv strengthens core skills a trial lawyer must have: the ability to pay attention, listen, work with the given evidence, build on it and tell compelling stories. Once those techniques are introduced, students will perform improvised segments of a jury trial: voir dire, opening statement and closing argument, direct and cross examination.

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  9732 LAW 6269   LEC 001

    • MT
    • Aug 26 - Dec 5, 2024

    • Higgins, G

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