Law I Applied Legal Theory and Analysis J.D./LL.B. Applied Legal Theory & Analysis is a nine-credit hour comprehensive comparative research-and-writing course. Students learn the differences and similarities between the legal systems of the United States and Canada including, among other things, governmental structure, court structure, jurisdiction, procedure, statutes, case law, administrative materials, secondary materials, ethics, and citation. Equally important, they explore the writing protocols in each country and prepare a number of written assignments, including memoranda, client letters, pleadings, an appellate brief, and a factum. They also participate in several comparative legal- reasoning-and-analysis exercises in which they draft interrogatories, affidavits, and contracts. The course is structured so that for almost every major American assignment or exercise, there is a comparative Canadian assignment or exercise. This permits students to learn the law in each country more thoroughly, because at all times they are studying one jurisdiction’s legal system through the lens of another. Additionally, students attend numerous training sessions at both law schools on American and Canadian computer-assisted legal research, including Westlaw, LEXIS, Quicklaw, and eCarswell. They also meet with a variety of legal professionals from both sides of the border, either through formal in-class lectures, or through UDM and Windsor law school functions. The highlight of the course involves student participation in two moot court experiences, each one specifically designed for the jurisdiction in which it takes place. The course concludes with a technology unit based on legal Internet research and international law, in which students collaborate to prepare a software presentation.