| Assignment | Homework #1 |
| Assignment | Homework #1 Sample Answers |
| Assignment | Homework #2 |
| Assignment | Homework #2 Connecticut Plain Language Law |
| Assignment | Homework #2 Sample Answer to Question 2 |
| Assignment | Homework #3 |
| Assignment | Homework #3 Frigaliment Importing Co., Ltd vs B.N.S. International Sales Corp |
| Assignment | Homework #4 |
| Assignment | Homework #4 Sample Answers |
| Assignment | Homework #5 |
| Assignment | Homework #5: Sample Answers to Questions 1 and 3 |
| Assignment | Homework #5: Sample Answer to Question 2 (Case Brief) |
| Assignment | Homework #6 (docx) |
| Assignment | Homework #6 (pdf) |
| Assignment | Homework #7 Midterm Follow-up |
| Assignment | Homework #7: Sample Answers to Questions 2 and 3 |
| Assignment | Homework #7: Sample Case Brief |
| Assignment | Homework #8 |
| Assignment | Homework #9 |
| Data | 01. Trump Recording WSJ Channel 1 (Normalized) |
| Exam | Final Exam |
| Exam | Midterm (Corrected) |
| Handout | 01. Trump Handout |
| Handout | 02. Legal vs. Plain Language |
| Handout | 03. Notes on Homework #3 |
| Handout | 04. Ambiguity and Vagueness Updated |
| Handout | 05. Handout on Raffles v. Wichelhaus (Peerless Case) Revised |
| Handout | 06. Format for Case Brief Assignments |
| Handout | 07. Frigaliment Case Handout |
| Handout | 08. Frigaliment Sample Case Brief |
| Handout | 09. Maine Overtime Case (background handout with links) |
| Handout | 10. Maine Overtime Case (exam review) (updated) |
| Handout | 11. Maine Overtime Case-Technical Terms |
| Handout | 12. Maine Overtime Case (Settlement) |
| Handout | 13. Discussion Questions for Thornfare Case (Labov and Harris) |
| Link | 01. World Map of Legal Systems |
| Link | 02. Tiersma's Sample Jury Instructions (Civil) |
| Reading | 01. Roger Shuy, Language and Law (Forensic Linguistics) |
| Reading | 02. Stuart Showalter, The Anglo-American Legal System, Chapter 1 of The Law of Healthcare Administration, Seventh Edition |
| Reading | 03. Suzanne Klemmer, A Brief History of English, with Chronology |
| Reading | 04. Peter Tiersman, The Nature of Legal Language |
| Reading | 05. Peter Tiersma, The Plain English Movement |
| Reading | 06. Soha Turfler. Language Ideology and the Plain Language Movement |
| Reading | 07. Peter Tiersma, Communicating with Juries: How to Draft More Understandable Jury Instructions |
| Reading | 08. John Searle, What is a Speech Act |
| Reading | 09. H.P. Grice, Logic and Conversation |
| Reading | 10. Raffles v. Wichelhaus (Peerless Case) |
| Reading | 11. Sanford Schane, Ambiguity and Misunderstanding in the Law |
| Reading | 12. Sanford Schane, Contract Formation as a Speech Act |
| Reading | 13. William Labov and Wendell A. Harris, Addressing social issues through linguistic evidence (protected with the class password; lightly corrected) |
| Reading | 14a, Ladefoged, Chapter 1, A Course in Phonetics (optional)(protected with dropbox password) |
| Reading | 14b. Ladefoged, Chapter 2, A Course in Phonetics (optional)(protected with dropbox password) |
| Reading | 14c. Ladefoged, Chapter 8, A Course in Phonetics (optional)(protected with dropbox password) |
