LAW 9600 - Independent Study

Fulfills the upper writing requirement, Third year preferred.
This course allows students to prepare a research paper of publishable quality on a topic selected by the student and completed under the direction of a full-time Law or Law Library Faculty member. The paper must be of the quality of a law review article. This is a rigorous writing experience where the student is able to focus on a discreet topic of interest to him or her and enables the student to write a paper of publishable quality based on his or her research. There is no final exam; this is a paper course. The paper must be of the quality of law review article. Students must have completed at least four semesters of course work before being permitted to enroll in an Independent Study. To earn 2 credits, the paper must be at least 30 pages long, double-spaced, including single-spaced footnotes, and in order to earn 3 credits, the paper must be at least 40 pages long, double-spaced, including single-spaced footnotes. Credit(s): 2 or 3