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1、READINGANDBRIEFINGCASESINLAWSCHOOL:GUIDELINESANDHELPFULTIPS1By:NicoleRaymondChongI.INTRODUCTIONTOLAWSCHOOLLEARNINGLawschool,particularlythefirstsemester,maybeoneofthemoststressfultimesyou‘veeverexperienced.Youareexposedtoanewwayoflearning,thinking,andwriting.Further,youarelearninganewlanguage:
2、legalterminology.Muchofwhatyoureadatfirstmaysoundforeigntoyou,soexpecttohavetoread,re-read,andre-readagain.Expecttospendsignificanttime,muchmoresothanyoumightthink,onreadingjustonecourtopinion.Therefore,thisarticlehopefullywilldecreasesomeofthatanxietybyhelpingyoutonavigatethroughthestartofyou
3、rlawschoolcareerbyprovidingpertinentinformationonhowtoprepareforyourlawschoolclasses.Youmayfindthatlawschoollearningdifferssignificantlyfromyourothereducationalexperiences.Oneofthemostnotabledifferencesistheformatofthetextbooks.Mostlawschooltextsarelikelytobeunfamiliarterritoryformanylawstuden
4、tsbecausetheyareintheformof―casebooks.‖Casebookstypicallyaredividedintochaptersaboutthevariouscomponentsoftheareaofthelawthatyouarestudyinginaparticularclass.Forexample,inTorts,youarelikelytoseeacasebookthathaschaptersonintentionaltortsandonnegligence.Youwillseefurtherbreakdownsbetweenchapters
5、orsectionsinachapteronthevariouselementsofintentionaltorts,suchasthedefinitionof―intent,‖andtheelementsofnegligence,includingduty,breach,causation,andharm.Thecasebookscompilecourtopinions(―cases‖)thatillustratethevariousconceptsthatyouarelearning,suchastheTortsconceptsofintent,duty,causation,a
6、ndsoforth.Thus,casebooksdon‘texplicitlytellyouwhatthe―law‖and―rules‖are,butrathercasebooksprovidecasesfromwhichyouwillneedtoextractanddefinethelawandrulesonyourown.Thecasemethodhelpsstudentstolearntheprocessoflegalanalysis.Studentsreadthecasestoextractlegalconcepts,andtheyprepare―casebriefs‖to
7、assistinlearningthroughtheuseofthecasemethod.Professorstypicallywillusethecasesfromthecasebooksinclassasastartingpointfordiscussion,questions,andhypotheticalfactpatterns.Forexample,duringclass,manyprofessorsaskquestionsaboutthedifferent
