Advanced Verbal Persuasion
Section 1, Spring 23
Schedule Information
Enrollment: 12/12
Credits: 3
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01/25/2023 | 04/26/2023 |
Course Description
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.” This course develops advanced verbal skills to help you discover that power in yourself. We will focus on persuasive writing, performance techniques, speaking and listening as part of a team, and the ability to handle difficult speaking situations. Assignments include presenting a persuasive speech, counseling clients, making a closing argument, speaking on short notice, and many opportunities to improve your teamwork skills. This class was designed as a follow-up course to Hallmarks of Distinguished Advocacy, Oral Presentations In and Out of the Courtroom, Persuasion, or other courses with a substantial public speaking component, and assumes some experience and comfort with public speaking.
Course Requirements
Exam Info:
Final Type (if any): None
Description: None
Written Work Product
Written Work Product: Students will write and perform multiple oral presentations.
Other Work
Other Course Details
Prerequisites: (Hallmarks of Distinguished Advocacy (9053) OR Oral Presentations In and Out of the Courtroom (SC) (7626) OR Oral Presentations Outside The Courtroom (9185) OR Rhetoric Seminar (9031) OR Persuasion (SC) (7692) OR Trial Advocacy (9081) OR Negotiation (7144) OR Trial Advocacy College (SC) (7637) Because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: None
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: No
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Resources: To be announced.
Course Notes: Students will be required to make several oral presentations. Attendance at all class sessions is required. Also, enrolled students who do not attend the first class session will be disenrolled in accordance with Academic Policy. Students seeking to enroll in this course must attend the first class session..
Graduation Requirements
*Satisfies Writing Requirement: No
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: Yes
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No
*If “Yes,” then students are required to submit a substantial research paper in this course, which means students do not need to submit any form to SRO for this paper to meet their upper-level writing requirement. If “No,” then students must submit a “special request” e-form to SRO (available via LawWeb) no later than five weeks after the start of the term for a paper in this class to be counted toward the upper-level writing requirement.
**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.
Schedule No.
123217940
123217940
Law No.
LAW9006
LAW9006
Modified Type
Simulation
Simulation
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Concentrations: Litigation and Procedure
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Friday, April 21, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Sunday, April 30, 11:59 PM
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