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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Law School Classroom | |
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| Skills | |
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| Conversation Skills | |
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| Assignment | |
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| Your Role in the Law School Classroom | |
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| Listening to a Lecture | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Matching Exercise | |
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| Active Listening | |
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| Participating in Classroom Discussions | |
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| Defining/Explaining a Term or Concept | |
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| Techniques for Defining/Explaining a Term or Concept | |
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| English Stress Patterns | |
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| Stress within Words and Phrases-Part 1 | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Stress within English Sentences-Part 2 | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Using Stress for Special Purposes-Part 3 | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Articles | |
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| Article Exercise | |
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| Preparing Presentations | |
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| Presentation-Peer Review | |
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| Exam Taking | |
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| Culture Shock | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Stages of Culture Shock | |
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| Culture Shock and Law School | |
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| Understanding Your Needs and Motives | |
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| How to Fight Culture Shock | |
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| Law School Slang Vocabulary | |
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| Law School Vocabulary Exercise | |
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| The Legal System | |
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| The U.S. Legal System | |
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| American Legal System | |
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| The Constitution | |
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| Governmental Structure | |
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| The Judicial Branch of Government | |
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| Structure of U.S. Court System | |
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| The Executive Branch of Government | |
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| The Legislative Branch of Government | |
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| Federal System of Government; State System of Government | |
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| Federal Court System | |
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| State Court System | |
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| The Corpus Juris Game | |
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| Matching Exercise | |
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| Reading and Briefing Cases | |
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| Reading Cases | |
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| Briefing Cases | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Groner v. Hedrick | |
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| Groner Vocabulary | |
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| The Groner Quiz | |
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| Verb Vocabulary | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Pavlicic v. Vogtsherger | |
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| Pavlicic Vocabulary | |
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| Using the Law to Predict and Persuade | |
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| Using Cases | |
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| Niederman v. Brodsky | |
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| Niederman Vocabulary | |
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| Drafting the Legal Memorandum | |
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| Purpose of the Legal Memorandum | |
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| Your Audience | |
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| Parts of a Legal Memorandum | |
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| Using Predictive Language | |
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| Language of Prediction | |
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| Positive Prediction Language | |
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| Negative Prediction Language | |
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| Exercise: Using a Case as Precedent | |
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| Case Analysis: Applying the Rule to the Facts | |
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| Using Statutes | |
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| Reading Statutes | |
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| Exercise: Aggravated Assault Hypothetical | |
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| Pennsylvania Statutes (Selected) | |
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| In the Interest of D.S. | |
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| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Scott | |
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| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bryant | |
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| Matching Exercise | |
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| Synthesizing Cases | |
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| Synthesizing Cases | |
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| Rule of Law Chart | |
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| Synthesis Chart | |
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| Exercise: Is There a Duty to Aid? | |
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| Exercise: Write Your Own Analysis | |
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| Yania v. Bigan | |
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| Restatement (Second) of Torts � 314 | |
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| City of Philadelphia v. Estate of Dennis | |
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| Rankin v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | |
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| Yania and Rankin Vocabulary | |
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| Refining Your Skills: Article Exercise | |
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| Matching Exercise | |
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| Appellate Advocacy | |
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| Appellate Briefs | |
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| Cover Page | |
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| Question Presented for Review | |
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| Table of Contents | |
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| Table of Authorities | |
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| Statement of Jurisdiction | |
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| Constitutional Provisions, Treaties, Statutes, or Regulations Involved | |
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| Statement of the Case | |
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| Summary of the Argument | |
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| Argument | |
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| The Conclusion | |
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| General Tips | |
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| Exercise: Appellate Brief Writing | |
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| Miller v. Alabama-The Case under Review | |
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| Atkins v. Virginia | |
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| Atkins Vocabulary | |
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| Roper v. Simmons | |
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| Roper Vocabulary | |
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| Graham v. Florida | |
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| Graham Vocabulary | |
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| General Law School Vocabulary Exercise | |
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| Oral Argument | |
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| Checklist for Preparing for Oral Argument | |
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| Checklist for Giving Your Oral Argument | |
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| Advocacy for International Arbitration | |
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| Exercise: Giving the Oral Argument | |
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| International Arbitration Exercise | |
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| CISG Problem | |
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| Case Law | |
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| Oral Arguments in the Case of Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education | |
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| Client Interviews and Negotiation | |
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| Client Interview | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Pugh v. Holmes | |
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| Glickman Real Estate Development v. Korf | |
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| Feld v. Merriam | |
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| Reider v. Martin | |
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| Landlord/Tenant Vocabulary (from Pugh, Glickman, Feld, and Reider) | |
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| Negotiation Exercise | |
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| Negotiation | |
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| General Negotiating Information | |
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| Tenant's Confidential Information | |
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| Landlord's Confidential Information | |
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| Negotiation Vocabulary | |
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| Exercise: Negotiation Terms | |
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| Matching Exercise | |
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| Independent Writing and Research | |
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| Working Independently | |
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| Writing a Seminar Paper | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Analyzing and Researching a Legal Problem | |
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| Exercise: Internet Scavenger Hunt | |
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| Legal Citation Form | |
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| The Bluebook | |
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| Basic Citation Forms | |
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| Case Citation (Rule 10) | |
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| Statute and Restatement Citation (Rule 12, Table 1) | |
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| Statute | |
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| Restatement of the Law (Rule 12.9.5) | |
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| Periodicals (Rule 16) | |
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| Consecutively Paginated Journals | |
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| Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| Books (Rule 15) | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Pennsylvania and U.S. Constitutions | |
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| Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
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| Constitution of the United States of America | |
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| Sample Case Brief and Memoranda | |
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| Groner v. Hedrick | |
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| Memorandum | |
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| Sample Appellate Briefs | |
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| Appendix E | |
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| Neff v. Lasso | |
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| Sample Student Memo on International Arbitration Exercise | |
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| Davis V. Monroe County Board of Education Opinion | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Matching Exercise (page 12) | |
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| Article Exercise (page 28) | |
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| Law School Vocabulary Exercise (page 45) | |
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| The Corpus Juris Game (page 53) | |
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| Matching Exercise (page 55) | |
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| Groner Quiz (page 67) | |
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| Vocabulary Matching Exercise (page 130) | |
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| Refining Your Skills: Article Exercise (page 151) | |
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| Matching Exercise (page 152) | |
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| General Law School Vocabulary Exercise (page 198) | |
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| Negotiation Terms Exercise (page 266) | |
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| Matching Exercise (page 267) | |
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| Internet Scavenger Hunt (page 277) | |