2009 Summer Academic Enrichment - 
Program Schedule & Assignments

Classes begin each day at 9:00 (except the first day, which begins at 8:30) and end at 4:30.
 

Wednesday, August 12


ASSIGNMENTS:  Come to class having completed the following:
Read Chapters 1 and 2  in  Law School Materials for Success.
Brief the cases in Chapter 2 of Law School Materials.
Think about questions you have about law school or law study.

 

SCHEDULE:

8:30 a.m.         Breakfast and welcomes - Student Lounge (all)
                        Program rationale and goals (all)
 9:30 a.m.        Rationale and method of law school study (Section 1)

Room 2-101
 Reading and briefing cases (Section 2)

Room 03

10:30               Break

10:45               Reading and briefing cases (Section 1)

                                    Room 03

Rationale and method of law school study (Section 2)

                                    Room 2-101               

12:30               Lunch (on your own)

1:30 p.m.         The learning continuum (all)

                                    Room 03

2:30 p.m.         Break

2:45 p.m.         The common law process (all)

Room 03

3:45 p.m.         Writing Exercise (all)

                                    Room 03

4:30                 Adjourn

 

Thursday, August 13

 

ASSIGNMENTS:  Come to class having completed the following:

Read the assigned handout cases and statutes for your classes.
Think about the cases and statutes in light of the material in the chapters you have read.
Write case briefs and notes on the assigned cases and statutes.
Read Chapter 3 of Law School Materials. 

 

SCHEDULE:
9:00                 Intellectual Property (What is going on in class; how to take notes) (Section 1)

Room 2-101

Constitutional Law (The structure of legal analysis) (Section 2)

Room 03

12:00               Lunch -- on your own
1:30                 Constitutional Law (The structure of legal Analysis) (Section 1)

                                    Room 03

                        Intellectual Property (What is going on in class; how to take notes) (Section 2)

                                    Room 2-101

4:30                 Adjourn

 

Friday, August 14

 

ASSIGNMENTS:  Come to class having completed the following:
Read assigned cases and materials.
Write case briefs and notes for class.
Think about how the cases and materials fit together and how they might be applied in other cases.
Read Chapter 4 of Law School Materials for Success. 

 

SCHEDULE:
9:00 a.m.         Intellectual Property (After-class study and review) (Section 1)

Room 03

Constitutional Law (The structure of legal analysis) (Section 2)

Room 2-101

11:30 a.m.       Lunch on your own
12:30 p.m.       Constitutional law class (The structure of legal analysis) (Section 1)

Room 2-101

Intellectual Property class (After-class study and review) (Section 2)

            Courtroom

3:00 p.m.         Break

3:15 p.m.         Meet with structured study group and workshop leaders to discuss programs and resources (all)

Courtroom

3:45 p.m.         Time management (all)

                                    Courtroom

4:30 p.m.         Adjourn

 

Monday, August 17

 

ASSIGNMENTS:  Come to class having completed the following:

Read Chapters 5 and 6 of Law School Materials.  
Think about how you might be tested on Torts and Constitutional Law materials.
Write an exam preparation outline for Torts and Constitutional Law classes.
Read and brief cases for class.
Think about why the law is as it is; how the law could be different; how the law could be used.

 

SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m.         Intellectual Property (Outlining systems) (Section 1)

                                    Room 03

Constitutional Law (Section 2)

            Room 2-101

11:30 a.m.       Lunch -- on your own

12:30 p.m.       Constitutional Law (Section 2)

            Room 2-101

Intellectual Property (Outlining systems) (Section 1)

            Room 03

3:00 p.m.         Break

3:15                 Exam preparation; predicting exam questions; finding, using practice exams (all)

                                    Room 03

4:00                 Exam-taking strategies (all)

                                    Room 03

4:30                 Adjourn

  

 

Tuesday, August 18

ASSIGNMENTS:  Come to class having completed the following:

Complete and study outlines for exam in torts and property 

 

SCHEDULE

9:00                 Intellectual Property exam (Section 1)

                                    Room 03

                        Constitutional Law exam (Section 2)

                                    Room 2-101

10:30               Break

11:00               Intellectual Property exam (Section 2)

                                    Room 03

                        Constitutional Law exam (Section 1)

                                    Room 2-101

12:30               Break

12:45               Lunch with alumni and faculty

2:15                 Exam review sessions and program wrap-up discussion (all)

                                    Room 03

4:30                 Adjourn