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Cоurse Intrоductiоn Lаw pervаdes аll areas of modern life. Yet it remains mysterious to those without legal training. This mini-course will introduce you to the tools that lawyers use to interpret and apply the law. Students will learn to think like lawyers through a series of case studies that require reading, writing, thinking, and problem solving like a lawyer. By the end of this mini-course, students will be able to: Read like a lawyer by reading and briefing legal cases and recognizing and discussing basic legal terminology. Write like a lawyer by producing written legal analysis of complex fact patterns as is regularly required of all students in law school. Think like a lawyer by problem solving with the tools of legal reasoning, and communicating clear and concise legal arguments, including stating the relevant issue; identifying and explaining the relevant rule or doctrine; applying the rule or doctrine to relevant facts; and reaching a conclusion. This course has five assignments. You will complete all five assignments remotely, through a Canvas Quiz interface. Each assignment should take you roughly two hours, and will require you to complete readings, watch short videos, complete written exercises, or answer objective questions. Assignment 1: Basic Legal Reasoning (this Assignment) Assignment 2: Assault and Battery Assignment 3: Offensive Battery and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Assignment 4: Defenses: Consent Assignment 5: Assessment (this will include a multiple choice component and a component requiring you to write a legal analysis of a fact pattern) You should not study for the Final Assignment beyond your time completing the first four assignments. YOU ARE NOT EVALUATED based on how much time you spend on each assignment. HonorLock You will complete all five assignments with HonorLock enabled. The purpose of enabling HonorLock is to allow the researchers to observe how you engage with the materials. AI Usage You are not permitted to use artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, in any way in connection with the course or assignments. You many not upload any of the materials to artificial intelligence. Use of artificial intelligence jeopardizes the findings of the study. If you are discovered to have used artificial intelligence, you will not receive compensation for your participation in this study. Please indicate below that you agree to abide by the AI usage policy for this class.