LAWS 2380

This course focuses on developing students’ editing and academic writing skills. The course has two primary components. First, each student will be assigned, per year, one to two articles accepted by the Journal for publication for which they will be responsible from the selection process to the end published article. Second, each student will be expected to work on a paper they completed as part of their second- year course work with a view to submitting that paper for publication (submission is at each student's discretion). The progress of each student's paper will be tracked and monitored in bi-weekly meetings. There will be a class meeting every second week throughout the year. The timing of these meetings will be set in September and a time will be chosen that does not clash with students’ other classes. These meetings will give the faculty editor and students the chance to discuss their assignments and any challenges the articles present, as well as the ongoing operations of the Journal. The meetings will also allow the group to vet new submissions. The class is not primarily instructional but operates to provide a common time and venue for meetings. Students will also be required during the second term to work with volunteer first years, training those students on the art of footnote review. Finally, students will each be required to work with several CJLT authors (or Schulich School of Law faculty members) on a podcast, blog or other dissemination tool to support and promote the work of that author. The work on the Journal itself will enable students to learn what good academic writing is.