COM 38103 LEGAL COMMUNICATION (3)

Legal Communication explores key issues and topics in the practice of trial law: speech presentations of statements, client-based listening, voir dire and the role of media in trials.  Issues in client-based communication are explored, as well. Students learn about research related to expert testimony, jury deliberation, and judicial instruction.  The course also provides an applied approach to bargaining, negotiation, and mediation, the practice of Restorative Justice, and mock trial simulations.  The course is specific to communication but uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore issues in the field of law.