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This course offers international LL.M. students an intensive course in U.S. legal methodology. Sections are evenly divided and have a maximum enrollment of 35. The course focuses on skill development, and in particular on research, writing, advocacy and negotiation in a U.S. legal environment. The course aims to prepare each LL.M. student to understand and be able to meet the expectations of a professional U.S. legal environment. The curriculum is composed of three major legal exercises: 1) a legal research memo, 2) a videotaped negotiation, and 3) an appellate brief. The professor meets frequently with students in small groups outside class to critique their work and to review progress.