Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing

The UW School of Law offers rigorous training in legal analysis, research, and writing with both a practical and scholarly focus.

The required first-year course, Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing, employs a variety of teaching formats to introduce students to case and statutory analysis as well as research.  A unique feature of this course is the Spring Quarter capstone elective.

Research instruction is woven thoughout the first year program. Gallagher Law Library reference staff are a valuable resource for both students and faculty.

In their second and third years, students fulfill their advanced writing requirement through advanced writing courses, writing-intensive seminars, independent research projects or a law school journal.

Students also participate in research and writing intensive activities such as moot court, clinics, student-directed research or public service projects.