In the JD-Next course, you will begin to develop the skills required of law students. You will learn to write case law briefs, analyze the legal reasoning presented in judicial opinions, and prepare for your doctrinal law courses. You will articulate your own legal analysis when presented with a hypothetical fact pattern, just as you would during a high-stakes law school final exam.
You will begin to develop these skills through direct, scaffolded instruction, frequent assessment, and individualized feedback throughout the Skills Workshops. You will then have the opportunity to apply these skills to a short portion of typical doctrine from the 1L subject of Contracts. While you will learn some of the doctrine of the law of Contracts during that portion of the course, your true purpose will be to orient yourself as a student learning legal doctrine through the case law method.
Think of it as a preview of a typical law school class, one where you can begin to acclimate to the unique process of studying the law. The skills introduced in this course are fundamental to success in law school. Though those skills may take years to master, in school and in practice, you can begin your 1L year
Below you will find a sample of a course schedule you may see in the JD-Next course.
