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Learn About the ASC

In this guide, students, faculty members, and staff can learn more about the ASC's tiers of service, policies, and staff.

JFK School of Law Legal Writing Support Opportunities

Attending Legal Writing Sessions

Scheduling a Session

ATTN: You must be a registered user to schedule an appointment.

Register for coaching using the Academic Success Center Appointment Scheduler (WCOnline).WCOnline Login page

Individual Sessions:

If you would like to schedule an individual session with a legal writing coach, please use ASC Chat at the hours listed in ASC Contact Information to make that request.

 

Group Writing Sessions and Orientation:

Please use the Academic Success Center Coaching Scheduler to self-schedule any of the available group sessions.

Reserving Your Session

Please use the Academic Success Center Appointment Scheduler to reserve your seat to attend any of the available group sessions. 

Review the Register tab of the Learn the ASC page for assistance with registering for scheduled coaching.

*All session times are scheduled in Pacific Time (PT).

Exploring the Academic Success Center and Law Library Orientation ion

August 25 at 2:00 pm - September 18 at 2:00 pm -September 29 at 5:00 pm - October 9 at 2:00 pm 

Join us for a tour of the Academic Success Center (ASC) and Law Library, where you will learn what services are available to assist you with developing skills in legal writing and research.  The ASC and Library Law Resources Orientation is for law students who want to understand where to access resources for legal citations, writing, and research to provide you with the support you need to achieve your academic goals. 

 

Monday 6:00 p.m. 

The Criminal Law group session will track the course. As such, during each session, we will review the previous class lecture, and students will have the opportunity to seek clarification. The discussions will track the material from the lectures but are not designed to provide new or additional information. Appointment Scheduler (Legal Writing)

 

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

It’s not your imagination. Law school is REALLY hard. Come spend an hour in this safe space where we will spend time going over assignments from the week!  Students are encouraged to bring assignments that they are currently working on or past assignments for group analysis.

Join legal writing coach Gehrrie Bellamy during this hour-long session to review your weekly assignment.  Appointment Scheduler (Legal Writing)

 

 Monday 5:00 p.m. & Friday at 6:00 p.m.

The Legal Methods A & B group session will align with the Legal Methods courses. As such, during each session, we will review the previous class lecture, and students will have the opportunity to seek clarification. The discussions will track the lecture material but are not designed to provide new or additional information. Appointment Scheduler (Legal Writing)

 

Friday 5:00 p.m.

Join Coach Ray Chao to learn how to sharpen your fundamental legal writing skills and review tips and strategies for effective legal writing. Emphasis will be on how to be more concise and responsive to prompts. Appointment Scheduler (Legal Writing).

 

Monday 4:00 p.m.

Join Coach Gehrrie for a hands-on session where we'll tackle a mock essay exam together. Students will receive a fact pattern and work through it as a group. We’ll dissect the essay as a group and draft a mock answer incorporating the IRAC method. Appointment Scheduler (Legal Writing)

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