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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for A Law Student's Toolkit by Yale University

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    About the Course

    Whether you are an advanced law student looking to review the basics, or an aspiring law student looking for head start, this course will help
    you build the foundation you will need to succeed in law school and beyond. This course will introduce you to terminology, concepts, and tools
    lawyers and legal academics use to make their arguments. It will help you follow these arguments—and make arguments of your own. This
    course consists of a series of short lectures and assignments. A reading list complements each lesson, providing you with a roadmap to help
    you explore the subject matter more deeply on your own. Although the lessons may cross-reference each other, they are mo...
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    LS

    Aug 8, 2022

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    I ​love Ian Ayres. Thank you Ian, for starting off my law degree on firm foundations and providing the intellectual kindling for my future learning. You are welfome round at my dinner table, anytime.

    CT

    Oct 14, 2018

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    The course is gorgeous!!! Although I am an experienced lawyer in my country it was an excellent training for my brains, more over, the lectures were really very interesting!!! Strongly recommended!!!

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    By Shunyo M

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    Aug 31, 2019

    The Proffessor is the most engaging, examples of more difficult concepts given, along with simple often cute, humorous, hidden simplicity. Read the material. especially Ward Farnsworth..Fellow classmates supportive, and Proffessor accepting. Best Class!!!!Thank all.

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    By Kunal B

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    Aug 1, 2017

    If law is a cake then this course is an icing. It's a wonderful course which just teaches impeccable dichotomy which ultimately leads to better interpretation skills. I highly recommend this course for a law student. Cheers to Prof. Ian Ayres for the great work. :)

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    By Ruturaj J

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    Jan 15, 2017

    No one teaches this in Law School. You can learn this on your own, sure, but Prof. Ayres reduces the work of years into 3 weeks.

    Click now, get to doing, and I guarantee that after three awesome weeks you will love the law, and the law will love you back!

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    By Richard J G

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    Jul 10, 2020

    Like the content. Lectures are very effective. I have done some law units so I wasn't surprised by what I found. The tasks are well-organised and the peer-assessment works surprisingly well. Good to get a window on the U.S. system and approach as well.

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    By scalesr4

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    Aug 5, 2017

    I found this course to be engaging on many levels. I'm in a subsection of this discipline professionally and any information and or tools that I can utilize are appreciated. I thought the Professor's love of the law showed! Thanks Yale and Coursera!

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    By Andrés M R

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    Jun 15, 2020

    Muy bien curso, sin embargo yo creo que si necesitas saber algo de derecho para completarlo, y si eres de otro país es aún más difícil ya que al menos en mi caso obviamente no se parece nada al derecho en mi país, fue como estudiar desde cero.

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    By rami a

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    Apr 22, 2020

    It is absolutely fabulous course. Gave the initial information I needed to have an opinion about law and even acquire knowledge that is definitely going to help me a lot. I am amazed by the course and I will be more than happy to take it again

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    By Line R

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    Mar 22, 2016

    Very good videos of Professor Ayers explaining everything in a way that makes you understand everything a bit better, than when reading it yourself. Definitely useful for people who is going to law school or want start at law school.

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    By Anthony L C

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    Jan 8, 2020

    This course is very thought provoking as a person who holds a degree in Government, as well as Social Policy. I am rarely challenged by intellectual pursuits yet this course has commanded a lot of my attention and focus. I love it!

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    By Jake G

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    Jun 13, 2024

    Great readings and in-depth explanations. The course gives you a survey of basic legal tools and tricks. A great way to feel out your interest in law, but the first week or so has a lot of economic principles integrated as well.

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    By Rajesh S

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    Jun 22, 2021

    This is such a informative and well presented course. A must for all law students, it touches upon the fundamental issues and basic topics that form the foundation of various subjects during the law degree course.

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    By Nicole E

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    Jan 25, 2021

    Las herramientas son muy útiles para analizar, entender y aplicar el Derecho en cualquier parte del mundo. Me gustó que tuviera videos explicando los temas, ya que se entiende mejor el propósito de cada temario.

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    By Matthew L

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    Apr 24, 2020

    A comprehensive variety of skills were learned during the course. I found the method of assessment particularly practical in learning to read cases and statutes efficiently then to produce concise answers.

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    By Graham P

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    May 27, 2020

    As a Prelaw student, this course was a fantastic look into what I will be getting into if I decide to go to law school. I particularly liked the week three topics, like tools to brief a case or statute.

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    By Dmitriy K

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    Aug 24, 2018

    Well designed and engaging course. I liked the assignments, as they required students to apply new material to understand real cases. If you want to study law this course is a great starting point.

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    By pureum k

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    Feb 10, 2016

    Excellent course to learn about fundamental legal concepts. Highly recommend it to anyone who has slight interest in law or needs some sort of understanding about law for work or research.

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    By Aanice T T

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    May 18, 2020

    a aspiring high school graduate or a first year law student both can find such a course very useful. this course helped me a lot in bringing my concepts clear and i am thankful for that.

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    By Anna S

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    Feb 26, 2023

    Great course! Very helpful for understanding tools and ideas that can be used in different areas of law. Knowing these tools changed how I see the law and some events in everyday life.

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    By Amina O S

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    Aug 23, 2020

    Extremely informative and well structured. I found it quite hard since I'm still in secondary school, but all the new information I have learnt was definitely worth the challenge!

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    By Cyriac J

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    May 6, 2020

    It was great time spending with this cource. It truely helped me in developing and purishing my skills and spending the time in an efficent and highly effective manner. Thanks!!!!

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    By Simren P

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    Oct 23, 2016

    Went over many aspects of the law and learned a lot from helpful videos and reviewing what peers wrote. Just have to be careful that your peers do not copy and paste for answers.

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    By Pallavi C

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    Aug 7, 2016

    I'm an Indian lawyer going to the US to study LLM. This was so useful for me to understand how to think like a lawyer especially for an American law schoo. Thank you Professor

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    By Diptanshu K

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    Aug 10, 2020

    Very very interesting course. I got to learn a lot of new things as well apart from the basic legal terminologies and will definitely recommend this course to my collegues.

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    By Augustine H

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    Oct 31, 2018

    A Fantastic course for anyone wishing to study Law. I particularly Enjoyed the Lecturer's presentations, articulate concise,thorough and engaging. He makes Law come alive!

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    By Chris C

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    Jun 9, 2017

    This is a very intense course that requires a great deal of reading. Well worth the energy. Very insightful and great information for the student interested in law.

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