ENGW 3311 — Advanced Writing for Prelaw

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath WDusually offered: fall, springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional

Offers writing instruction for students considering legal professions. Introduces students to legal reasoning and to the contexts, purposes, genres, audiences, and styles of legal writing. Emphasizes the role of writing and argument in U.S. legal culture. Using strategies drawn from rhetorical theory and criticism, students examine briefs, memoranda, opinions, and other legal texts to identify and describe techniques of analysis and persuasion. In a workshop setting, offers students an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 202311919100%0.0
Fall 202323838100%0.0
Spring 20242363895%1.0
Summer B 20241181995%1.0
Fall 20242373897%0.5
Spring 20252363895%1.0
Summer B 20251181995%1.0
Fall 202523838100%0.0
Spring 20262373897%0.5

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 40% · T 0% · W 40% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: async (60% of sections), MW (40% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

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Spring

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

ENGL 4710

Courses that list ENGW 3311 in their prerequisites.

Links

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