Classes begin each day at 9:00
(except the first day, which begins at 8:30) and end at 4:30.
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
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
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
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
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
ASSIGNMENTS: Come to class having completed the following:
Read Chapters 5 and 6 of
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
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