Whether you are an advanced law student looking to review the basics, or an aspiring law student looking for head start, this course will help you build the foundation you will need to succeed in law school and beyond. This course will introduce you to terminology, concepts, and tools lawyers and legal academics use to make their arguments. It will help you follow these arguments—and make arguments of your own.
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A Law Student's Toolkit
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Instructor: Ian Ayres
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There are 7 modules in this course
An overview of what you will learn, how it will help you, and how to get the most from it.
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Dichotomies and oppositions that will help you categorize legal rules and frame policy questions.
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Interactions between the law and academic disciplines such as economics, philosophy, and psychology.
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Fundamental frameworks of legal analysis and procedure.
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4 videos4 readings1 peer review
Concepts from the law of evidence that can help you respond to questions and make compelling arguments
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The tools you need to get the most out of law school.
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Reviewed on Nov 27, 2017
Really interesting course, quite intense, especially in week 1. Good instructor who engages students (quite a feat for an online course) and encourages one to think about law in different ways.
Reviewed on Dec 15, 2020
Very informative. Not for a beginner. The readings took much longer than estimated in the syllabus. Peer grading can be challenging. Much heavier workload than I expected but well worth it.
Reviewed on May 5, 2020
It was great time spending with this cource. It truely helped me in developing and purishing my skills and spending the time in an efficent and highly effective manner. Thanks!!!!
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