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University Law School.Net is initiating an
experiment in providing a free legal education. If University Law
School.Net is successful in meeting its objective in graduating
students with a university law school level education - there will be a
tuition for future programs and to market the materials created.
A note about traditional law school.
First a note about law schools. Basically a law school provides
guidance and a structure of the law so that it is meaningful to the
student. At least that is the theory. What a student learns and what
he gets out of law school is basically up to the student. A law
school professor in most traditional law schools can at most give you
some tools and guidance that enable the student through arduous
study to learn the law. Some professors fail to provide the tools -and
then it is up to the student to make up any deficiencies of the law
school professor. Much of a class room lecture is spent by a student
reciting the facts of the case and the legal conclusion. If that
student doesn't get the case right class time is spent berating
the student - not helping the student. Then time is spent on unrelated
banter interspaced with unstructured and at time rambling and
incomprehensible
lecture on the subject at hand. This is why Law Topic outlines came
into being
and became a multi-million dollar business. Then the major law text
book publishing took over the outline business when it became so wide
spread and a must for law school success. The outline gave the course
structure and organization where the professor failed to do so. Then
when it is time to take the bar examination- the candidate pays
$3000-$5000.00 for more outlines covering the subjects covered in the
bar examination. Then only about 50% pass the bar.
I am not criticizing the system-what
ULS is trying to say and emphasize is that
the student will do must do most of the work in order to be
successful.
University Law School.Net is a
accepting a limited number students who desire to receive a legal
education. The education is free except for the materials such as text
books, codes, outlines and additional supplemental study aids that
must be purchased by the student. The student will also need to have a
telephone head set to enable the student to take notes during the
telephonic lectures.
You are advised that University Law School.Net - is not an accredited law
school and has not applied for accreditation from any state bar
association or from the America Bar Association.
All material including but nor limited
to case summaries, outlines, lecture notes, briefs, case annotations,
summaries,
examinations,
cases-produced, created or generated in the educational process and/or
all other material down loaded from the internet will be the exclusive property of
University Law School.Net.
The student will assist in developing University Law School.Net
legal web sites used
in the legal educational process.
At this time University Law School.Net will not offer any
degrees or certificates. It is the students responsibility to
determine whether the education offered by University Law School.Net
will fulfill the students goals or objectives. Because this is an
inaugural class University Law School.Net makes no
representations or promises whatsoever.
Persons who may benefit.
Executive who want to learn the legal
system in order to communicate with the legal department and who wants
to understand the nature of legal proceedings.
Foreign lawyers who want to learn the American judicial system and
jurisprudence.
Persons who plan to attend law school and wants to get a head start
in law school.
Individuals who encounter legal issues in their profession or
require legal knowledge in their employment.
Paralegals or paralegal students.
Curriculum
The Curriculum will closely follow the
Curriculum of a United States major university law school.
Teaching Method
The teaching method is by the traditional law school case method.
Please refer to
Case Book Brief Format
to learn about the case method.
Text Books and Supplemental
materials
The case books will be the traditional
case books used by a major university law school. These materials are
available at any law school book store. Used text books and other
materials may be purchased used.
If you are interested please send an
email to
universitylawschool@gmail.com indicating your interest and your
level of formal education.
Commencement of Classes.
Since this is an experimental program and its nascent stages
classes commence at the election of the student.
Application for the program.
All that is required is notice to
University Law School.Net by email that
you want to begin instruction. All the information that is needed is
you address, telephone number and email.
Record Keeping.
If that the student wants University Law School.Net to maintain
"attendance records" the student will maintain such records and
approved and verified by
University Law School.Net as necessary.
Education and School Transcripts
Education and School Transcripts are
not required.
Educational Requirements
At this time no prerequisites or education requirements are
required. However, because the student will be required to prepare
case briefs, summaries and other materials as well as type the
lectures typing skills are necessary.
Material Requirements.
Hardware: The student must have a personal computer or
access to a computer.
Telephone Head Set: In order to facilitate note taking the
student must have a telephone head set for hands free typing.
Software: The student must have Microsoft word.
Email account. The student must have an Email account.
Telephone: The student must have a Telephone in the United
States as lectures will be by phone.
Lectures
Lectures will be very limited.
Most lectures will not exceed 15 minutes. Lectures will be by phone. The student will type the lectures. As
necessary the student will be asked to supplement the lecture notes
with codes, statutes, and related cases. University Law School.Net will edit the
lecture notes instruct the student as to organization and as to the
necessity of additions and corrections - which will be done by the
student. The corrected lecture notes will be emailed by the student to University Law School.Net The
lecture notes case summaries and other material deemed necessary by University Law School.Net will be posted
to the internet for use by the student. Any and all material
generated, created, composed, recorded in any manner including the
lecture notes will be the exclusive property of University Law School.Net.
Students may work together to lessen
the work load: If students wish the may work together and divide
the work to be done in preparing the case briefs, lecture notes, etc.
This is at the option of the student.
Notice: The lectures may be ad
hoc, at time without notes and without prior preparation and may only
supply a general analysis which the student is expected to "fill in
the gaps" and turn the lecture into legible and comprehensive lecture
notes by use of law student horn books, cases, codes, text books, and
outlines resources.
Outlines:
In addition to any commercial outlines that the student elects to
use the student will be required to outline each course case book
used. The case book outlines will be presented to University Law School.Net for corrections
and organization. The student will supplement and modify the outlines
as directed by University Law School.Net. This will be useful
in structuring the course subject matter and a review tool. The
outlines will be the exclusive property of University Law School.Net.
Examinations.
Examination will be given periodically
- if the student so desires..
Yearly case load:
University Law School.Net. would like the
student to to the full first year course. The full case load consists
of the five traditional first year courses. However the student may
elect to take two courses per year/semester.
Termination of the program.
Should the student decide he does not
want to continue the program he may terminate the program without
consequence.
Changes to format: Changes may
be made to the format which at the sole discretion of ULS. Changes to
the format may increase the work study work the
student must do.
University Law School.Net
September 20, 2007
universitylawschool@yahoo.com
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