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Welcome to the Legal Writing Labs! These labs take you step-by-step through the creation of various legal documents. The document you are creating should be based upon the client you were assigned (or chose). Since you would normally be able to contact your client and ask questions about the case, you may expand or change the facts if it helps. Note that you do not have to provide answers to any of the documents you are creating.
After opening a Template using the above tabs, you should do the following:
1. In the Select a Document drop down box on the right, choose the document you are wanting to work on.
2. The drop down Instructions box will provide you with links to help for every element of the document. Those instructions are presented in the order in which the relevant material appears within the document itself. Simply refer to the instructions as you work on your assignment. When you have completed all the steps, you should have a virtually completed document!
3. It is important to remember that the Writing Lab Template will allow you to modify the document, but does not save those changes. If your browser leaves the web page you are working on, your modifications to the document will be lost. It is therefore recommended that you copy and paste your work into Microsoft Word every 5 or 10 minutes to back up your work.
4. Copy and Paste the modified Template to create a new Microsoft Word document.
NOTE: You may want to create the document on a separate sheet of note paper as well. This way, if you get booted off line in the middle of the process, you will not lose all your changes. They will be in your notes. This is especially important if your Internet connection is often lost.