Syllabus

Thirteen lectures taught by experts from the United States, Austria, Germany, Poland and Sweden with the focus on the following topics:

1. Case Reading and Argumentation - Prof. Lurene M. Contento (USA)
2. Problem Solving and Negotiations - Prof. Lurene M. Contento (USA)
3. Introduction to the U.S. Legal System - Prof. Janet K.G. Dickson (USA)
4. Persuasive Writing Techniques - Prof. Janet K.G. Dickson (USA)
5. Statutory Interpretation with Case Analysis - Prof. Janet K.G. Dickson (USA)
6. Legal Writing Style - Prof. Kimberly Y. W. Holst (USA)
7. Analogical Reasoning and Synthesis - Prof. Kimberly Y. W. Holst (USA)
8. Analysing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Legal Arguments - A very short case-study-based introduction to Law & Logic and the Logocratic method - Prof. Jürgen Busch (Austria)
9. Introduction to Academic Legal Writing - Prof. Florian Heindler (Austria)
10. Introduction to Applied Legal Linguistics for Lawyers - Prof. Daniel Green (Austria)
11. Teaching German Legal Techniques - Prof. Marie Beyrich (Germany)
12. Legal Research - Prof. Edvardas Juchnevicius (Poland)
13. How to Write an Article or a PhD in Law - Prof. Mauro Zamboni (Sweden)