Ten_Instructions_for_Briefing_Cases_Bateman

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1、TenInstructionsforBriefingCases1Copyright1999byPaulBateman2PaulBatemanDirector,AcademicSupportProgramSouthwesternUniversitySchoolofLaw,LosAngelesIntroductionBeingtotallyengagedinthestudyoflawmeansattendingeveryclassyouhavepaidfor.Byattendingclassesregularly

2、,youstaycurrentwiththematerialandyoubecomeattunedtoeachprofessor’sbenttowardaparticularsubject,whichinturnincreasesyourchancesofsuccessonthefinalexamination.Butshowinguptoclasswithoutthetoolstoenableyoutobenefitfromtheclassroomexperienceiscounter-productive.

3、Toparticipatefullyinthatexperience,thetoolyouneedisathoughtfulbrieftonavigatethroughtheday’sdiscussion.Furthermore,sincecomfortlevelinclassisessentialtoyoursocializationtothestudyoflaw,agoodsetofcasebriefsforeachclassbecomesanessentialcomponentforprovidingth

4、atcomfortlevel.Moreover,yourcomfortlevelcanberaisedfurtheronceyourbriefsallowyoutoovercomeoneofthemajorcausesoflawstudentstress—lackofconcretefeedback.3Acasebriefprovidesaself-assessmenttoolthatcanhelpyoumonitorclassdiscussion,andsoprovideyouwithfeedbackabou

5、tyourunderstandingofthelegalconceptbeingdiscussed.However,studentsoftenfeelfrustratedbythebriefingexperiencewhentheylosesightoftherelationshipbetweentheircasebriefnotes,thediscussionintheprofessor’sclassroom,andtheend-of-the-semesterexamination.Partoftheprob

6、lemcomesfromrelyingonandworryingaboutformat.Forabeginninglawstudenttorelyonformatisunderstandable:it’s1AshorterversionofthisarticleappearedinCALIFORNIALAWSTUDENTJOURNAL(August1996)at6.2ThisarticlelastrevisedJuly2003.3RonaldM.Pipkin,LegalEducation:TheConsumer

7、s’Perspective,AM.B.FOUND.RES.J.AT1161,1163(Fall1976).ReadingandBriefingCaseseasiertograspthandifficultcontent.Thatmisplacedrelianceonformatoftenreappearswhenevenanexperiencedstudentorlawyerfacesataskforthefirsttime—askanylawyeraboutthefirsttimeheorshehadtowr

8、iteamotioninliminetoexcludeevidence!Butthemarkofanexpert—andthatiswhatyouarestrivingtobecome—isrecognizingformatasmerelyaframeworktobemanipulatedasthetopicdeserves.Thenovicewhoreliesonformatofte