Winter 2021, Fall 2021 & Winter 2022:
Good with Words: Self-Advocacy and Institutional Change
Black Lives Matter, Me Too, the push for marriage equality, and the creation of the Special Olympics. These and other social movements often involve a powerful mix of self-advocacy and institutional change. This course will give you the chance to study and practice that mix. You'll experiment with a number of techniques. Some will involve writing. Some will involve speaking. All will be designed to help you better champion a cause you care about.
Fall 2020:
Good with Words: Storytelling
Lawyers are storytellers. We tell stories in court. We tell stories in briefs. We tell stories in interviews and meetings and boardroom pitches. This course will give you a chance to improve the way you tell your own stories, in a wide range of situations. Some will involve speaking. Some will involve writing. Some will involve a bit of both.
There are no prerequisites for taking the course, and students from programs other than law are certainly welcome to enroll (space permitting).
For details on class times, days of the week, instructors, and grading and exam details, please view the Michigan Law Class Schedule.