Legal Writing

At Mercer University School of Law, we've been consistently recognized as one of the top legal writing programs in the country. Part of that relates to our curriculum that is deliberately built to include multiple writing opportunities. We have a three semester required legal writing course, that focuses on writing as a constructive process. It's taught by professionals who are experts in their area of legal writing.

As legal professionals, one of the hallmarks of our occupation is legal writing in advocating and speaking. And basically before you even walk into a court you have already filed some form of motion, or pleading, or some kind of writing. And that will be the first impression that anyone will see of you, so you definitely want your first impression to be your best impression.

And Mercer we have the nation's only Advanced Certificate in legal writing, research and drafting. There are a number of courses that students are able to take as certificate students that includes a seminar cat class, as well as an advanced drafting class. But the core of the certificate program is a workshop.

Mercer also teaches students about how to peer review and peer edit. I teach and advanced legal writing seminar. And in our class, we focus on that peer review process. So I think that the multi-dimensional approach that Mercer law school takes to legal writing will really serve students well throughout the course of their career.

When we are making decisions as employers, as to who to hire we know that a Mercer lawyer will be able to write effectively, to argue effectively, and to represent clients effectively.