Due Dates

At the start of each semester, in the first week, you are given a number of articles to read and to discuss. We are updating them this semester and would like to provide them in advance so you can get a jumpstart on the 1st week by reading the articles.

 

We also provide the "prompts" for your discussions so you can be thinking of what you will write and post. You will be able to post to these first week forums starting on Sunday evening 8/25/13, and the will all be due by Sunday evening, 9/1/13. Good luck.

 

Below are the Discussions

 

1. Law Study

Pick and read ONLY one of the below articles. Then do the following: Post one thing in the article you believe is true, or you trust is true, and explain why Post one thing in the article you believe is NOT true, or you DO NOT trust is true, and explain why. On these first week forums, you DO NOT need to come back and post comments on other students' postings (unless of course you desire or want to - it is NOT required).

How to Study Law

Good Legal Writing

Read Like a Lawyer

 

2. Legal Argumentation

Read the below articles and state three (3) principles of argumentation or critcal thinking you will use in your law classes this semester, and why and how will they help you?

Here are the Articles to read:

Legal Argumentation

The Uses of Argument

Analytic Thinking

Argumentation Theory

 

3. Learning Ethics

Read the following articles on ethics. Then pick two (2) principles of ethics which you will employ as a student of the law in improving our culture, families, and society in Southern California and at Mission College.

Ethics

Character counts

Self-Entitlement

Why Students Plagiarize

 

 

4. Strategies against Procrastination
Read the below three (3) articles. Then state three areas of study you tend to procrastinate, and then state three (3) different strategies you will adopt this semester in your legal studies to improve those areas where you tend to procrastinate.

Student Success

How to beat procrastination

10 Ways to be a successful online student

Procrastination

 

5. Reading Law Cases/Codes

Read the below articles on "Reading Law Cases/Codes" . Then state three (3) things you did not know about reading law cases/codes, and how you will improve your understanding of law cases/codes during the semester.

Reading Law Cases/Codes

Reading cases - youtube 

Lego Law - Palsgraf case 

10 hour Law School - Differences between a case and a code

A Short Course on Understanding Court Opinions