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Sep. 8, 2026

UC Irvine Law lets first-year students tailor writing course to career paths

A spring 2027 pilot will let first-year students choose among litigation, transactional and legislative advocacy, and public-interest tracks while retaining the school's core legal research, writing and advocacy training.

UC Irvine School of Law will launch a pilot program in spring 2027 that allows first-year students to tailor a required legal writing course to career paths in litigation, transactional and legislative advocacy, and public-interest lawyering.

The three-credit Lawyering Skills II course will add tracks in Pre-Trial Litigation; Transactional and Legislative Drafting and Advocacy; and Lawyering for Change, giving students required writing and advocacy training tied more directly to t...

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