Law and Literature Seminar, Barry University

We know lawyers spend a great deal of time conveying ideas to others orally and in writing. Studying how good storytellers tell stories and how good writers write can help students improve their writing and general language skills. In addition, some may become interested in intellectual property and may become directly involved with authors, actors, literature, drama, movies, television, or other artistic nexus. Beginning to connect law and literature today may ease their transition to practice. It is a premise of this class that reading and discussing literature improves skills that demand an understanding of human motivation, character, performance, and language; all skills lawyers need to hone. This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.