How to Survive Law School Canons of construction

Language of a text
The skills youll need and the work youll do o Precedents
- Distilling Cite and follow
o Reading Judicial Opinion
Distilling Reasoning by Analogy
Briefing cases / digesting Reading
Facts broadly or narrowly
Holdings o Policy
reasons What the law should be
o Facts
Study guides
Application of propositions
o Writing
o Identifying Legal categories
o Understanding/interpreting Depraved indifference
o Digesting use your own words Probable cause
o Retaining
o Experiencing
o Speaking
To get better
To learn limits
To get confident
To absorb other peoples ideas
To train your instincts
To find your career path
To build relationships
o The Socratic Method
- Listening
o Class discussions
o To understand
o To differentiate
o To distill properly
- Issue-spotting
o Identifying
o Understanding/interpreting
o Asking (the right questions)
Relevance
Meaning
Application
o The Sixth Sense
What matters and what doesnt
o Focus on
Ambiguity
Unfamiliarity
Assumptions
- Argument (Legal Texts, Precedents, Policy, Facts)
o Analysis
Text
Intent

o Interpretation