Name: Law School for Everyone
Released: 2017-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Molly Bishop Shadel, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Peter J. Smith

TV Show · Educational · Documentary

In the 48 lectures, four exceptional law professors recreate key parts of the first-year law student experience, introducing the areas of law almost every beginning student studies; litigation and legal practice; criminal law and procedure and torts.

2017 · 31m

Starring Molly Bishop Shadel, Joseph L. Hoffmann, Peter J. Smith

EPISODE 1

Litigation and the American Legal System

Using a 1963 Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, as a window into the relationship between litigation and the American legal system; exploring why this particular system is adopted; why one teaches law in America the way one does.
EPISODE 2

Thinking Like a Lawyer

Approaching legal doctrine actively and critically; Professor Shadel teaches how to read cases with an eye for particular concepts every good lawyer must keep in mind; the role of precedent; inductive and deductive reasoning skills; use of analogies.
EPISODE 3

Representing Your Client

All lawyers have responsibilities to their clients and to the integrity of the justice system; the bounds of a lawyer's responsibility; knowing what is confidential; considering challenges arising in the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.
EPISODE 4

Trial Strategy Behind the Scenes

The case of George Zimmerman; exploring the nature of trial strategy that takes place away from the jury's eyes; learning how lawyers operate before a trial; how a jury is selected; examining how media coverage impacts the courtroom proceedings.
EPISODE 5

Opening Statements: The Moment of Primacy

A powerful opening statement requires credibility, persuasion and logic; using the George Zimmerman and O.J. Simpson trials as case studies; going inside the art of crafting palpable opening statements that grab the jury's attention.
EPISODE 6

Direct Examination: Questioning Your Witness

Direct examination is popularized by countless TV crime dramas; learning how it works in a real courtroom; knowing how lawyers figure out whom to put on the witness stand; questions they should ask; preparing witnesses for their day in court.