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A Law Student's Toolkit

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. This course consists of a series of short lectures and assignments. A reading list complements each lesson, providing you with a roadmap to help you explore the subject matter more deeply on your own. Although the lessons may cross-reference each other, they are modular in nature: you should feel free to approach them in whatever order fits your schedule, interests, and needs.
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Rating 4.6 based on 194 ratings
Length 4 weeks
Effort 3 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Yale University via Coursera
Instructor Ian Ayres
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Language English
Subjects Social Sciences
Tags Social Sciences Law

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I'm not sure if this is part 2 of a course or if this is meant for people who have already attended law school.

That was a little frustrating as the suggested reading time was listed as 10 minutes.I'm attending law school in the fall and was hoping to get a primer.

Definitely a lot of work and the lectures aren't incredibly intuitive, but useful if you are preparing for your first year of law school.

A good course to learn all the basic of law school would be dis course.

I gave me useful tips on how the law works and how to get ready for law school.

best one one teaches this in Law School.

Usless course and I cannot seem to get unenrolled The course covers basic topics and tools to help excel in Law School.

It's suggested reading and assignments shed more light on the issues discussed and gives a broader look into them.The Professor is brief and provides examples for every topic learned.If you are interested in Law school or Law in general then this is for you!

Definitely useful for people who is going to law school or want start at law school.

Definitely recommend it to all potential law school hopefuls like me!

The toolkit, must for every law student - in the law school and ex-post law school...

Other than that, I recommend this course to anyone who's starting law school or is interested in the topic!

This course is really nice for anyone who want to start law school.

Its content undoubtedly cannot be found in every Law school.

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very good

This is very good course.

Profesor is very good and very clear at explaining and it is fun and pleasure to listen to him.

It was a very good course.

Very good course.

Very good videos of Professor Ayers explaining everything in a way that makes you understand everything a bit better, than when reading it yourself.

This was a very good intro course.

Good points and very good Homework!

The course is very good!

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Rating 4.6 based on 194 ratings
Length 4 weeks
Effort 3 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Yale University via Coursera
Instructor Ian Ayres
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Social Sciences
Tags Social Sciences Law

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