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A quick definition of legal education:

Legal education is the process of learning about the law and how to become a lawyer. In the United States, it usually takes three years of full-time study at an accredited law school after completing a four-year college degree. During the first year, students learn about topics like constitutional law, torts, contracts, criminal law, property, and legal writing. In the second and third years, students can choose to focus on specific areas of the law and gain practical experience through internships and clinics. Law school is different from undergraduate education because it is more interactive and involves a lot of discussion and questioning.

A more thorough explanation:

Legal education is the process of learning about the law and how to become a lawyer. In the United States, completing a degree program at an accredited law school is required to become a lawyer. This typically takes three years of full-time work after completing a four-year college or university degree.

During the first year of law school, students take introductory courses in topics such as constitutional law, torts, contracts, criminal law, property, and federal civil procedure. They also learn lawyering skills such as legal writing, research, and basic oral advocacy.

In the second and third years of law school, students can take courses that further explain topics introduced in the first year and concentrate on particular areas of the law such as business, labor and employment, litigation, international, or family law. They may also participate in legal aid clinics and internships to gain practical experience.

Law students often participate in extra-curricular activities such as law reviews and moot court to gain further experience. Law reviews are legal academic journals edited and in part written by students. Moot Court provides students with the opportunity to compete with one another by giving mock oral arguments before a panel of judges.

The interactive teaching style in law school, known as the "Socratic Method," involves the law professor asking a student a series of questions about assigned cases.

Example: John wants to become a lawyer. He completes a four-year college degree and then attends a three-year law program at an accredited law school. During his first year, he takes introductory courses in constitutional law, torts, contracts, criminal law, property, and federal civil procedure. In his second and third years, he takes courses in business law and participates in a legal aid clinic. He also joins the law review and competes in moot court.

This example illustrates how legal education involves completing a degree program at an accredited law school and gaining practical experience through legal aid clinics and extra-curricular activities such as law reviews and moot court.

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Dkk
22:48
Ross Ulbricht free. God Bless Trump. Huge win.
JeremyFragrance
22:54
agreed
texaslawhopefully
22:55
This is an interesting read: https://thedispatch.com/article/birthright-citizenship-trump-implications/
Dkk
23:01
I mean, idk how it's possible to end birth right citizenship without amending the constitution because to me the 14th amendment is pretty clear about it.
ross ulbricht tried to hire a hitman to kill 5 people
i am not that sympathetic to him
Dkk
23:04
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: That might have been an FBI agent. It was most likely him and he was most likely doing it to retrieve stolen funds that corrupt FBI agents stole, but yeah moral gray area but me personally, cool with hitmen. It's not like it is uncommon to hire hitmen. I don't think the action itself is necessarily wrong but the intent behind it can be.
Dkk
23:05
Like, Boeing whistblowers being killed by hitmen = wrong but a guy hiring hitmen to retrieve stolen funds = good to me.
texaslawhopefully
23:05
@Dkk: Yeah, for sure. My guess is it'll go to SCOTUS and it'll be 8-1 or 7-2, saying that EO was unconstitutional.
Dkk
23:06
Indeed. I need a count for how many exectuive orders he has signed and how many already have pending lawsuits.
i've been away for a while what were the most recent waves? any this week?
lilypadfrog
8:12
hi shawties
lilypadfrog
8:16
who’s getting into a law school today raise your hand
jackfrost11770
8:28
I sure hope so at this point
lilypadfrog
8:28
woooo
lilypadfrog
8:28
jackfrost for law school
jackfrost11770
8:29
LILYPADFROG FOR LAW SCHOOL
jackfrost11770
8:29
I really just love how now there's an executive order that says I don't exist as a person
jackfrost11770
8:29
Do I not have to pay taxes now? Loans? What now
lilypadfrog
8:34
you should probably assume this means your law school will be free
GreyCeaselessMammoth
8:34
i love that there's an executive order that we're all female now
jackfrost11770
8:38
I think so yeah. I think I don't have to pay for anything anymore
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8:40
can someone release today my god
lilypadfrog
8:41
i’m boutta release
sounding like that one guy in here who kept saying he was cumming
Dkk
8:43
Was that me cus I just released.
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8:44
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