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Sample Assignment Schedule

Date
Topic
Assignment
WEEK 1    
Monday, June 18 Learning Styles;
Personality Types;
Law School in a Nutshell
  • Read Expert Learning for Law Students Chapters 2, 3, and 6.
  • Complete the learning styles survey online at: www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory (*please see attached sheet for additional information regarding completion of this survery).
  • Complete the personality test at: www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/Jtypes1.htm
  • Complete the questions on the handout entitled “Assignment #1.
Tuesday, June 19 Reading and Briefing Case
  • Read Expert Learning for Law Students Chapters 9 and 10.
  • Read Garratt v. Dailey (pp. 17-20 in the torts packet).
  • Using the strategies discussed in Chapter 9, brief Garratt v. Dailey.
Wednesday, June 20 Introduction;
Intentional Torts - Introduction
Read pp. 1-4; 10-13; and 17-29 in the torts packet.
Thursday, June 21 Intentional Torts - Assault and Battery Read 29-40 and 10-11 in the torts packet.
     
WEEK 2    
Monday, June 25 Rule Synthesis; Case Synthesis; IRAC TBA
Tuesday, June 26 Intentional Torts - False Imprisonment; Trespass to Land Read 40-50 and 66-75 in the torts packet.
Wednesday, June 27 Writing Law School Exams Read Expert Learning for Law Students Chapters 13, 15, and 16.