Three of Boston University's Legal Writing and Research Seminars
A New York City-based trial attorney with 25 years of legal experience, David Bordoni most recently served as a partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker. Prior to beginning his career, David Bordoni obtained a juris doctor from the Boston University School of Law. Established in 1872, the Boston University School of Law is New England’s third-oldest law school. In addition to its regular courses, the institution offers the following legal writing and research seminars for students. 1. Advanced Legal Writing & Editing Workshop - This interactive seminar involves actors who perform a scenario, following which students are required to draft an interoffice memo to a non-lawyer client utilizing pertinent facts from the scenario. There's also a peer review component. 2. Judicial Writing - The Judicial Writing seminar prompts students to draft bench briefs and other documents generally written by judges and law clerks. Class discussions, meanwhile, emphasize the relationship between a law clerk and judge as well as the role of judges and how their opinions affect the legal system. 3. Persuasive Writing - Students meet one on one with instructors to discuss and rework documents of a persuasive nature. These include statements pertaining to a case and memos in support of a motion. Moreover, students peer-edit their classmates' papers.
