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Funk, Samantha

Associate Teaching Professor

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  • LAWS 5223 - Legal Writing II
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
    Students prepare appellate briefs and related documents and deliver oral arguments before a three-judge court composed of faculty, upper-division students, and practicing attorneys. Practice arguments are videotaped and critiqued.
  • LAWS 5226 - Legal Writing I
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
    Provides an intensive introduction to the resources available for legal research. Students also prepare written material of various kinds designed to develop research skills, legal writing style, and analysis of legal problems.
  • LAWS 6226 - Advanced Legal Writing
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2026
    Builds on skills learned in the first-year legal writing course to improve written legal analysis. Students will complete multiple written assignments and will receive individual feedback on their work. Sections vary significantly depending on the professor; please check the Legal Writing page of the Colorado Law website to read each professor's course description.

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