Welcome to Law 12

Welcome to Law 12. Please read welcome at http://paralegal.pbwiki.com/welcome

There is a good torts law outline at http://profj.us/emmanuels/torts.htm

also for login to etdues - go to http://lamission.edu then click online and click on your class

your login is http://profj.us/login and use your Student ID # and NOT your SSN - here is information on that

http://lamission.edu/it/faq.html

there is no textbook for this class.

We are opening the etudes classroom page today to allow students to post to the first three assignments. The formal opening of the etudes classroom will be on Sunday, 9/03 at 6 pm. If this is your first etudes online class read information at http://etudes.pbwiki.com

Join us for Meet and Confer - http://profj.us/meet-confer

We have also added another feature which is live chat - you can access this with prof J. by going to http://lamission.edu/law or http://profj.us/livehcat -

Also bookmark the main law webpage at http://lamission.edu/law along with the classwiki at http://tortlaw.pbwiki.com/ and check out the links. No book is required.

Also make sure you contact your paralegal tutors for help with the class at http://paralegaltutors.pbwiki.com

You may contact me at http://lamission.edu/law/faculty/jordan

It is nice having you all as students. Please read "getting started" - http://profj.us/start. Also please print out your "duedates" - see http://profj.us/duedates. Make sure that you check both assignments, tests, and messages when you login to your etudes classroom. see http://profj.us/day/typical.htm

Grades will be updated frequently, go to assignments, scroll down and click on "my scores". Read information under "classroom" - Enjoy the class and work hard.

Read the First Day of Class http://profj.us/1stday

If you have never taken an etudes class - then take the orientation at

http://www.profj.us/etudes/orientation

Nice having you all as students. Make sure that you use your "tutors" and join us in the "meet and confer" sessions (dates to be posted soon).

Here is information on the tutoring program http://paralegaltutors.pbwiki.com- join us for "Meet and Confer" - see http://profj.us/meet-confer - site will be updated for Fall 2006 meeting dates and times.

Work hard, and enjoy the class. Remember "no late" work is allowed, see http://profj.us/late

Remember to read our policy on plagiarism

http://www.vcsun.org/%7Edjordan/plagiarism.htm

Our program embraces "Academic Honesty" - see article at

http://www.foothillglobalaccess.org/main/spotlight_dishonesty.htm

Also remember, when you "post" in the forums, just go the lower right corner and click on "reply" (not on "post" at the top of the page) - also please use your full name, no credit can be given for nicknames, and do not register as a "user" - just post your response or answers as "unregistered user" -

Also please join the Paralegal List-Serv. This will help us to keep in touch with you about the program, job openings, etc.

http://profj.us/listserv

Bookmark the site index at http://lamission.edu/law/siteindex.html

deadlines for assignments is 11:30 pm on given date. do not wait to login at 11:29 pm to post your work, as it possibly will not work. give yourself enough time to post your work.

here is how to cut, copy and paste

http://www.webmasternow.com/copyandpaste.html

it is recommended that you open up your word processor, and save your work in document file, and then "copy and paste" over to the etudes box for posting your work. (the reason is that you can spend a lot of time working in an etudes box and your work is lost and not saved after you have spent a lot of time preparing your work - so instead save your work in a word processor, and then cut,copy and paste it over to etudes box. this is a very common mistake we have all made in working in etudes.

to get a simple word processor, in windows, click on start, lower left corner, then program, accessories and word pad, and then use that for your word processor.

most of the assignments give an actual court case. you must read, understand these cases, and use the court rules and court findings (i.e which party won, and why). start your postings NOT with "It is my opinion" - start with "the party who won the case was, and because - cite the court rules. read "Reading like a Lawyer" - by Prof. Ruth Mckinney - Univ. North Carolina Law School - http://profj.us/reading

best of luck everyone. welcome aboard. prof. J.