Suffolk Law Student Handbook

vi.

Restriction on fulfilling the Experiential Learning requirement: A

course that is used for the Legal Writing Requirement may not also

be used to satisfy the Experiential Learning requirement.

Procedures, Requirements, and Deadlines

Fulfilling the Legal Writing Requirement requires due diligence and steady progress by

the student involved. Every student must follow the procedures, requirements, and deadlines

below in order to complete the Legal Writing Requirement, except as expressly modified by the

supervising faculty member to fit the needs of a paper for a course or alternative described in

section H (1) (f) (i-v). These procedures, requirements, and deadlines are ordinarily the

minimum that students should be expected to meet. No student shall seek exemption from these

Legal Writing Requirement procedures, requirements, and deadlines except for reasons of severe

illness or for personal emergencies of the most serious nature. Prior to the due date of the paper,

students must submit a signed request for extension to the supervising faculty member, which

sets forth in detail the extraordinary circumstances believed to justify the exemption.

In responding to the student submissions set out below, the supervising faculty member

should offer feedback to assist the student’s success, including one or more opportunities for the

student to meet with the supervising faculty member. The supervising faculty member may also

respond by commenting on the submissions received, suggesting ways to improve the work, and

requiring, when the supervising faculty member deems it appropriate, submission of additional

work or drafts by the student.

Topic

The student must submit to the supervising faculty member for such member’s

approval a brief topic statement (not exceeding one page) describing the topic

selected and the scope and focus of the paper.

SUGGESTED DUE DATE:

By the end of the second week of the semester.

Research Plan and List of Authorities

The student must submit to the supervising faculty member a research plan that

includes a list of authorities, relevant to the topic selected, which the student

proposes to examine.

SUGGESTED DUE DATE:

By the end of the fourth week of the semester.

Outline

The student must submit to the supervising faculty member an outline of the

paper, showing the organization of the issues relevant to the topic, including what

the student will discuss and how that discussion will be organized; how the

authorities are to be integrated into a discussion of the issues; and the basic