Module 7
The classroom and the outline: the case-book and Socratic methods, being ready for the questions, class participation and building outlines from your briefs
Many law courses are taught by cases and by questions. The teacher assigns a few decisions, calls on a student and asks what happened, what the court decided and why, then changes a fact and asks again. The method is old, and students find it alarming at first. It becomes much less alarming when you know what it is for, what questions to expect and how to prepare. This last module explains the case-book and Socratic methods, what teachers are looking for, how to prepare for and answer a cold call, how to take part in class and take notes, and how to turn the briefs you have written into the outline you will use at the end of the course.
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