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242.9 sec. 001 - Listening and Communicating:Stagecraft for Lawyers (Spring 2024)
Instructor: Mohit Gourisaria (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meetings:
Th 6:25 PM - 9:05 PM
Location: Law 10
On 2024-03-21
F 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Law 10
On 2024-03-22
F 3:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Location: Law 10
On 2024-03-22
Sa 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Law 10
On 2024-03-23
Sa 1:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Location: Law 10
On 2024-03-23
Course End: March 23, 2024
Class Number: 32779
This course is open to 1Ls.
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 17
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 20
As of: 04/27 11:56 PM
The objective of this course is to train and empower students to be active listeners (who don’t simply wait for their turn to speak), effective communicators (who embody their physical and vocal presence), and inclusive team players (who can collaborate across backgrounds and hierarchies) as they embark on a career in the law.
The course will bridge the gap between academic preparation and its successful application in practice. It will combine workshops from the theatre - tailored specifically to address challenges that young lawyers face - with seminar-style discussions to help align the intellectual rigor of legal education with the communication skills necessary to succeed as a practicing attorney. The curriculum will span five aspects of communication: “Listen”; "Process"; "Include"; “(Story)Tell”; and "Collaborate." Every few lessons, we will invite prominent Bay Area lawyers to participate in our class and share personal learnings from their careers.
The assignments for this course will include journal entries, readings, and preparation for workshops, including developing a theme and telling the story of two assigned cases (one criminal and one IP).
Mohit Gourisaria has taught legal writing and oral advocacy to law students at Berkeley and Columbia. He clerked on the Second Circuit and began his legal career at Wachtell Lipton in New York City. Mohit studied Theatre Arts in college and performed professionally in Boston before attending law school at Columbia and the London School of Economics.
We also have special academic rules for these condensed courses:
-Students must attend each course session and cannot attend any course session remotely (even for illness or emergency situations).
-The Registrar’s Office will drop a student who does not attend each course session.
Due to the condensed nature of this course, in-person attendance at all course sessions is mandatory. Absences cannot be excused for any reason, including illness or emergencies. The Registrar’s Office will drop any student who misses a session.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
Course Category: Simulation Courses
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