Composition for the Pre-Professional: Focus on Legal Writing.

Writing courses for preprofessional students focus on the fundamentals of grammar, spelling, and syntax for students majoring in one of the professional fields and can provide students with subject matter for writing and an opportunity to examine and practice the stylistic conventions of their particular fields of interest. Both the English department and the instructors must participate actively in preparing such courses, as may be seen by examining the way in which a legal writing course is conceived and prepared. These courses benefit both instructors, who have opportunities to reevaluate methods, and students, who learn skills directly related to career goals. (JM)