A Law Student's Toolkit

A Law Student's Toolkit

Instructor: Ian Ayres

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1,594 reviews

2 weeks to complete

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Flexible schedule

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There are 6 modules in this course

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.

An overview of what you will learn in this course, how it will help you, and how to get the most from it; followed by dichotomies and oppositions that will help you categorize legal rules and frame policy questions.

What's included

12 videos11 readings4 assignments

12 videosTotal 86 minutes

Introduction7 minutes
2.1 Lecture15 minutes
2.2 - Lecture7 minutes
2.3 - Lecture8 minutes
2.4 - Lecture14 minutes
2.5 - Lecture5 minutes
2.6 - Lecture5 minutes
2.7 - Lecture9 minutes
2.8 - Lecture5 minutes
2.9 - Lecture4 minutes
2.10 - Lecture4 minutes
2.11 - Lecture3 minutes

11 readingsTotal 110 minutes

Before You Begin10 minutes
Reading - Basic Legal Terms10 minutes
Your Learning, Your Way10 minutes
2.1 - Reading10 minutes
2.3 - Reading10 minutes
2.4 - Reading10 minutes
1.7 - Reading10 minutes
2.8 - Reading10 minutes
2.9 - Reading10 minutes
2.10 - Reading10 minutes
2.11 - Reading10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 330 minutes

Normative vs. Positive120 minutes
Applying the Box30 minutes
Paternalism vs. Externalities60 minutes
Substance vs. Procedure120 minutes

Interactions between the law and academic disciplines such as economics, philosophy, and psychology.

What's included

10 videos10 readings1 assignment

10 videosTotal 71 minutes

3.1 - Lecture7 minutes
3.2 - Lecture3 minutes
3.3 - Lecture8 minutes
3.4 - Lecture4 minutes
3.5 - Lecture5 minutes
3.6 - Lecture5 minutes
3.7 - Lecture6 minutes
3.8 - Lecture4 minutes
3.9 - Lecture10 minutes
3.10 - Lecture19 minutes

10 readingsTotal 100 minutes

3.1 - Reading10 minutes
3.2 - Reading10 minutes
3.3 - Reading10 minutes
3.4 - Reading10 minutes
3.5 - Reading10 minutes
3.6 - Reading10 minutes
2.7 - Reading10 minutes
3.8 - Reading10 minutes
3.9 - Reading10 minutes
3.10 - Reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 120 minutes

Rawlsian Veil of Ignorance120 minutes

Fundamental frameworks of legal analysis and procedure.

What's included

4 videos4 readings1 assignment

Concepts from the law of evidence that can help you respond to questions and make compelling arguments

What's included

2 videos2 readings

The tools you need to get the most out of law school.

What's included

4 videos2 readings2 assignments

What's included

2 videos2 readings

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Ian Ayres

Yale University

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Reviewed on Aug 8, 2022

I love Ian Ayres. Thank you Ian, for starting off my law degree on firm foundations and providing the intellectual kindling for my future learning. You are welfome round at my dinner table, anytime.

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Reviewed on Aug 6, 2016

I'm an Indian lawyer going to the US to study LLM. This was so useful for me to understand how to think like a lawyer especially for an American law schoo. Thank you Professor

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Reviewed on Aug 5, 2019

A very intriguing and challenging course. First week was intense but as the course progressed, it became easier to deal with while also becoming more and more interesting. Great course overall!

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