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Torts: Intentional Torts
Introduction to Torts
3.5 min
Battery
5.5 min
Trespass
8 min
False Imprisonment
8 min
Assault
6 min
Torts: Unintentional Torts – Negligence
Negligence – Intro and Duty
7 min
Breach – Hand Formula
9 min
Breach – Custom
6 min
Breach – Negligence Per Se
7 min
But For Cause
8 min
Proximate Cause
9 min
Damages
10 min
Torts: Limitations on Recovery for Negligence
Contributory and Comparative Negligence
6 min
Assumption of Risk
9 min
Torts: Strict Liability and Hybrid Theories of Liability
Strict Liability
5 min
Respondeat Superior
8 min
Ira S. Bushey and Konradi
8 min
Res Ipsa Loquitur
6 min
Products Liability
9 min
Torts: Harm to Reputation or Psychological Well-Being
Defamation
9 min
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
7 min
Invasion of Privacy
9 min
Torts: Torts Review
Torts Flashcards
60 min
Criminal Law: Introduction
What Is Criminal Law?
6 min
The Sources of Criminal Law
4 min
Theories of Punishment
7 min
Procedural Overview
10 min
The Role of the Jury
6 min
Sentencing
6 min
Proportionality and Constitutional Limits on Punishment
6 min
Criminal Law: Understanding Criminal Statutes
The Requirements of Legality
6 min
The Tools of Statutory Interpretation
9 min
The Judicial Role in Statutory Interpretation
5 min
Element Analysis
4 min
The Ingredients of Criminal Statutes
4 min
Criminal Law: The General Part
Actus Reus – Voluntary Acts
4 min
Actus Reus – Omissions
6 min
Mens Rea – Introduction
6 min
Mens Rea – The Model Penal Code
6 min
Mens Rea – Purpose vs. Motive vs. Knowledge
5 min
Mens Rea – Knowledge and Willful Blindness
5 min
Mens Rea – Negligence vs. Recklessness
4 min
Mens Rea – Strict Liability
5 min
Mens Rea – Mistake of Fact
5 min
Mistake of Law
7 min
Causation
6 min
Criminal Law: Homicide
Introduction to Homicide and Threshold Questions
8 min
The Degree System and Premeditation
6 min
Mitigation to Manslaughter
9 min
Reckless and Negligent Killings
7 min
Felony Murder
6 min
Criminal Law: Rape
Introduction to Rape Law
5 min
Forcible Rape and the Resistance Requirement
5 min
Beyond the Force Requirement
6 min
Other Forms of Rape
6 min
Criminal Law: Theft Law
Introduction to Theft
4 min
Traditional Larceny
5 min
Deceptive Theft Crimes
7 min
Robbery, Burglary, and Extortion
9 min
Criminal Law: Review
Flashcards
60 min
Law School Success: Understanding Law School
Overview of the Law School Experience
8 min
Law School as a Professional Commitment
7 min
The Role of Law School Grades
5 min
Types of Law School Classes and the Role of Exams
6 min
Why Hard Work Matters in Law School
5 min
A Results-Focused Approach
5 min
Law School Success: Keeping up with Classes
How Law School Classes Are Taught
7 min
Keeping up with Reading
5 min
Handling Cold Calls
8 min
Taking Notes
7 min
Learning from Your Peers
5 min
Keeping Your Sanity
7 min
Study the Professor, Not the Subject
10 min
Law School Success: How to Read a Case
What Is a “Case”? and Understanding Opinions
6 min
Understanding the Case Method
4 min
The Importance of Reading Attentively
6 min
Different Components of a Case
3 min
United States v. Jewell
1 min
Caption, Parties, Citations
12 min
The Facts
7 min
Procedural History and Procedural Posture
6 min
Legal Issue
4 min
The Legal Reasoning
9 min
Holding and Disposition
7 min
Separate Opinions
7 min
Extracting the Rule from the Case
7 min
Law School Success: Putting Cases in Context
Notes after the Case
5 min
Understanding Why the Case Was Assigned
7 min
Leading Cases Versus Example Cases
6 min
Clear Rules Versus Gray Areas
7 min
Legal Rules Versus Policy
5 min
Reading Statutes and Rules
12 min
Law School Success: How and Why to Outline
Active Study Versus Memorization
4 min
What Outlining Is Good For
5 min
When to Outline
4 min
How to Build a Knowledge Structure
4 min
Re-Reading Casebook Materials and Your Notes
8 min
Flagging Rule Variations and Grey Areas
7 min
Distilling Your Outline Flowcharts and Checklists
5 min
How to Outline TheoryPolicy
7 min
Law School Success: Smart Exam Prep
Types of Law School Exams
7 min
Goals of Studying
5 min
Bad News and Good News About Law School Exams
4 min
Building a Study Schedule
4 min
Studying in Groups
5 min
Using Your Outline as a Study Aid
3 min
The Importance of Timed Practice Exams
4 min
Multiple Choice Strategy
7 min
Treat All Exams as Closed Book
5 min
Law School Success: Writing Good Essay Exams
Does Typing Speed Matter?
6 min
Basic Exam-Taking Guidance
8 min
How Issue Spotters Are Graded
7 min
Practice Exam
1 min
Carefully Reading the Prompt
6 min
Checklist and Outline
8 min
Other Writing Tips
10 min
Actual Answer 1 – Issue Spotter
4 min
Actual Answer 2 – Issue Spotter
3 min
Actual Answer 3 – Issue Spotter
4 min
Actual Answer 4 – Issue Spotter
3 min
Policy Questions
8 min
Actual Answers – Policy Question
6 min
Law School Success: After Your Exams
Waiting for Grades
3 min
Understanding Grades and the Curve
6 min
Improving and Learning from Mistakes
4 min
It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint
3 min
Law School Success: Tips on Other Kinds of Classes
Understanding Legal Writing
11 min
How to Perform in Seminars
7 min
Success in Clinics and Simulations
7 min
Law School Success: Beyond Your First Year
The Role of Extracurricular Activities
7 min
Tips on Law Review Competitions
9 min
When and How to Think about Summer Jobs
9 min
Selecting Your Upper-level Classes
6 min
Developing Your Legal Interests
8 min
Clerkships and Other Early Career Opportunities
7 min
Building Your Peer Network
6 min
Continuing to Learn after Law School
7 min
Thriving in an Evolving Legal Market
5 min
Finding Happiness in the Law
5 min
Property: Introduction
Overview
9 min
What is Property?
8 min
Organizing Property Doctrines
9 min
Legal Arguments
12 min
Summary
1 min
Property: Trespass
Elements of Trespass
9.5 min
Necessity
9 min
Public Policy
8 min
Remedies
3 min
Glavin v. Eckman
4 min
Jacque v. Steenberg
4 min
Somerville v. Jacobs
4 min
Summary
1 min
Property: Adverse Possession
Adverse Possession Policy
4 min
Elements of Adverse Possession
7 min
Tacking and Brown v. Gobble
7 min
Color of Title and Romero v. Garcia
7 min
Nome 2000 v. Fagerstrom
11 min
Summary
1 min
Property: Nuisance
Elements of Nuisance
9 min
Reciprocal Nature of Nuisance
3 min
Page County Appliance v. Honeywell
12 min
Fontainebleau v. Eden Roc
8 min
Coase Theorem
9 min
Remedies
9 min
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.
8 min
Spur Industries v. Del E. Webb
8 min
Summary
1 min
Property: Easement
Introduction to Easements
9 min
Express Easements
9 min
Green v. Lupo
10 min
Henley v. Cablevision
10 min
Cox v. Glenbrook Co.
9 min
Implied Easements
5 min
Categories and Elements of Implied Easements
4 min
Prescriptive Easement and Community Feed Store v. Northeastern Culvert
9 min
Easement by Estoppel and Holbrook v. Taylor
9 min
Easement Implied by Prior Use and Granite Properties v. Manns
8 min
Easement by Necessity and Finn v. Williams
11 min
Lobato v. Taylor
13 min
Termination of Easements
5 min
Property: Covenants
Introduction to Covenants
6 min
Elements of Covenants
7 min
Horizontal Privity
10 min
Vertical Privity
7 min
Touch and Concern
9 min
Reasonableness
12 min
Third Restatement of Property on Covenants
6 min
Implied Reciprocal Negative Servitude
11 min
Implied Reciprocal Negative Servitude – Evans v. Pollock
7 min
Introduction to Common Interest Developments
7 min
Developer Control and Notice
11 min
Rules and Bylaws
10 min
Restraint on Alienation
10 min
Racially Restrictive Covenants and Shelley v. Kraemer
11 min
Changed Conditions
10 min
Termination of Covenants
8 min
Property: Concurrent Ownership
Introduction to Concurrent Ownership
5 min
Types of Concurrent Ownership
15 min
Tenancy in Common
9 min
Joint Tenancy and Tenhet v. Boswell
8 min
Tenancy by the Entirety and Sawada v. Endo
13 min
Ouster and Olivas v. Olivas
8 min
Partition and Ark Land Co. v. Harper
12 min
Marital Property and O’Brien v. O’Brien
12 min
Property: Future Interests
Introduction to Future Interests
6 min
Naming Present and Future Interests
13 min
Transferability of Present and Future
15 min
Interpreting a Conveyance
14 min
Cy Pres
10 min
Rule Against Perpetuities
24 min
Property: Leaseholds
Introduction to Leaseholds
9 min
Assignments and Subleases
11 min
Damages and the Duty to Mitigate
10 min
Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
11 min
Warranty of Habitability
10 min
Property: Review
Property Flashcards
60 min
Constitutional Law: Constitutional Text, Background, and Functions
Overview
5 min
Federalism – National Powers
9 min
Federalism – State Powers
5 min
Federalism – Plenary v. Enumerated Powers
7.5 min
Separation of Powers
10 min
Individual Rights, Part 1
7 min
Individual Rights, Part 2
9 min
Connecting the Three Functions
3 min
Constitutional Law: Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review
Judicial Review
7 min
Marbury Facts, Part 1
6 min
Marbury Facts, Part 2
5 min
Marbury Holding
7 min
Marbury Analysis – First Question
4 min
Marbury Analysis – Second Question
8 min
Marbury Analysis – Third Question
5 min
Marbury Analysis – Fourth Question
13 min
Concluding Thoughts
6 min
Constitutional Law: The Federal Structure and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Introduction
6 min
Historical Background
8 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – Two Questions
4 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – First Question, Part 1
5 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – First Question, Part 2
11 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – Second Question
7 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – Aftermath
4 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – Morals, Part 1
5 min
McCulloch v. Maryland – Morals, Part 2
11 min
Constitutional Law: Congress’s Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce
Introduction
7 min
Gibbons v. Ogden – Facts and Questions
5 min
Gibbons v. Ogden – Analysis
8 min
The Republican Era – Background
6 min
The Republican Era – Doctrinal Distinctions, Part 1
10 min
The Republican Era – Doctrinal Distinctions, Part 2
9 min
The Republican Era – The Big Picture
4 min
Transition to Third Era
10 min
The Third Era – The Basic Doctrine
9 min
The Third Era – Constitutionality of The Civil Rights Act
6 min
The Current Era – Changes in Constitutional Politics
8 min
The Current Era – Changes in Constitutional Law, Part 1
10 min
The Current Era – Changes in Constitutional Law, Part 2
11 min
The Current Era – Applying Current Doctrine
6 min
The Current Era – The Constitutionality of the “Individual Mandate”
10 min
Constitutional Law: Presidential Power – The Basics
Introduction
5 min
The President’s Constitutional Role
7 min
What Article II Says and Broader Role Today
8 min
Theories of the Presidency – Founding Era
10 min
Theories of the Presidency – Theoretical Perspectives
6 min
The Steel Seizure Case
5 min
Jackson and Frankfurter Concurrences
9 min
Concluding Thoughts
2 min
Constitutional Law: Constitutional Rights and the States
Introduction
7 min
Individual Rights and the Original Constitution
5 min
The Civil War Amendments
8 min
Incorporation – Reading the Privileges or Immunities Clause Out of the Constitution
9 min
The Incorporation Debates
6 min
Incorporation Today
5 min
The State Action Doctrine – The Civil Rights Cases
7 min
The State Action Doctrine – Shelley and the Civil Rights Era
7 min
Modern State Action Doctrine
6 min
Concluding Thoughts
5 min
Constitutional Law: Introduction to Equal Protection Doctrine – Analytical Framework and Rational Basis Review
Introduction
3 min
Equal Protection Clause
5 min
Analytical Framework for Equal Protection Cases
7 min
Rational Basis Review - Conceivable versus Actual Purpose
7 min
Rational Basis Review – Legitimate Purpose
11 min
Rational Basis Review - Rationally Related to Purpose
8 min
Concluding Thoughts
5 min
Constitutional Law: Race and the Constitution
The Original Constitution and Slavery
5 min
The Constitutional Politics and Law of Slavery
8 min
Why the History of Slavery Matters
5 min
Adoption of the Reconstruction Amendments
7 min
The Republican Era – Part 1
4 min
The Republican Era – Part 2
9 min
Changes in the Status of Black Americans and the Country
8 min
Brown v. Board of Education
8 min
Massive Resistance and School Desegregation
8 min
The Emergence of the Suspect Classification Doctrine
8 min
The Problem of Disparate Impact – Part 1
8 min
The Problem of Disparate Impact – Part 2
8 min
Affirmative Action – Part 1
9 min
Affirmative Action – Part 2
8 min
Affirmative Action – Part 3
8 min
Affirmative Action - Part 4
8 min
Constitutional Law: Sex Inequality and the Constitution
A Brief History of Women’s Subordination
10 min
The Race-Sex Analogy
4 min
The Road to Intermediate Scrutiny
9 min
The Meaning of Intermediate Scrutiny
8 min
Pregnancy as Justification for Different Treatment
7 min
Establishing a Sex Classification
8 min
Conclusion
3 min
Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights – Substantive Due Process
Introduction and Road Map
6 min
Two Important Distinctions and the Analytic Structure
9 min
Antecedents of Modern Fundamental Rights: Parental Rights and Limits
8 min
Modern Example of Fundamental Rights: Marriage
6 min
Reproductive Rights: Protection from Involuntary Sterilization
9 min
Reproductive Rights: Contraception I
9 min
Reproductive Rights: Contraception II
8 min
Reproductive Rights: Contraception III
8 min
Reproductive Rights: Abortion – Roe v. Wade
11 min
Reproductive Rights: Abortion – Countermobilization and Decisions after Roe
10 min
Reproductive Rights: Abortion – The Casey Compromise
12 min
Reproductive Rights: Abortion – Beyond Casey
9 min
Reproductive Rights: Abortion – Whole Woman’s Health
6 min
Gay Rights: Social Movement History
5 min
Bowers and Romer
9 min
Lawrence v. Texas
9 min
Same-Sex Marriage: United States v. Windsor
7 min
Same-Sex Marriage: Obergefell v. Hodges
10 min
Same-Sex Marriage: Beyond Obergefell – Part 1
5 min
Same-Sex Marriage: Beyond Obergefell – Part 2
5 min
Concluding Thoughts
6 min
Contracts: The Nature of Contract Law; Manifestation of Mutual Assent, Part One
The Study of Contract Law
11 min
The Challenges of Federalism, the UCC, and R2K
10 min
Law and Equity
13 min
Objective Theory; Manifestation, Not “Meeting of Minds”
7 min
Offer Requirements
7 min
Problems with Offers
9 min
Acceptance
10 min
Contracts: Manifestation of Mutual Assent, Part Two
Requirement of Mutuality and Its Problems
5 min
Ambiguity
15 min
Incompleteness
10 min
Imposition
5 min
Contracts: Tools for Addressing Liberalization of MoMA Requirements
UCC 2-207 and R2K 61, Part 1
9 min
UCC 2-207 and R2K 61, Part 2
12 min
Parol Evidence Rule
15 min
Statute of Frauds
6 min
Reformation
8 min
Contracts: Enforcing the Agreement, Part One, When Evidence of a Promise Is Not Enough
When Evidence of a Promise Is Not Enough
8 min
Cases
10 min
Problems with Consideration: Moral Obligations
11 min
Problems with Consideration: Pre-Existing Duties
10 min
Contracts: Enforcing the Agreement, Part Two, When Evidence of a Promise Is Enough
The Estoppel Doctrine in Equity
9 min
Promissory Estoppel as a Substitution for Consideration
8 min
Promissory Estoppel as a Standalone Equitable Claim, Part 1
3 min
Promissory Estoppel as a Standalone Equitable Claim, Part 2
8 min
Promissory Estoppel as a Standalone Equitable Claim, Part 3
5 min
Contracts: Enforcing the Agreement, Part Three, Materiality
Why Materiality?
5 min
Bad Faith Breach
11 min
Breach of a Warranty
15 min
Factors as Evidence of Materiality
7 min
Material Breach Prior to Time for Performance?
14 min
Contracts: Equitable Arguments against Enforcement, Part One
The Nature of Equitable Defense
3 min
Misrepresentation
13 min
Threat: Economic Duress
7 min
Threat: Undue Influence
9 min
Unconscionability, Part 1
9 min
Unconscionability, Part 2
5 min
Unconscionability, Part 3
7 min
Contracts: Equitable Arguments against Enforcement, Part Two
Unforeseen Circumstances at Formation
3 min
Mutual and Unilateral Mistakes, Part 1
8 min
Mutual and Unilateral Mistakes, Part 2
11 min
Mutual and Unilateral Mistakes, Part 3
8 min
Unforeseen Circumstances after Formation
2 min
Impossibility, Part 1
4 min
Impossibility, Part 2
6 min
Impossibility, Part 3
4 min
Frustrated Purposes
7 min
Contracts: How Do Courts Enforce Contracts Part One
The Damage Interests
7 min
Expectation, Reliance, Restitution; The LawEquity Continuum
10 min
The Default Rule: R2K 347 (Expectation Interest)
8 min
Problems in Evaluating R2K 347
8 min
Peevyhouse and R2K 348
10 min
The Alternative: R2K 349
8 min
Contracts: How Do Courts Enforce Contracts Part Two
Defenses to Damages: Foreseeability
11 min
Defenses to Damages: Avoidability
9 min
Defenses to Damages: Certainty
9 min
Limiting Damages by Contract Terms
13 min
Specific Performance: Contracts for Sale of Land
8 min
Specific Performance: Contracts for Sale for Goods or Services
18 min
Concluding Remarks
4 min
Contracts: Contracts Review
Contracts Flashcards
60 min
Civ Pro: Introduction
Introduction to Key Concepts
5 min
What Are Pleadings?
3 min
Notice Pleading vs. Iqbal
5 min
How to Plead Sarah’s Claim
8 min
Remedies: Undoing the Damage
9 min
How to Analyze Sarah’s Remedies
6 min
Civ Pro: Personal Jurisdiction
Where Should Sarah Sue? Part I
5 min
The Basics of Personal Jurisdiction
6 min
International Shoe and Minimum Contacts
7 min
Principles of Minimum Contacts Part I
8 min
Principles of Minimum Contacts Part II
12 min
Online Commerce
6 min
The Reasonableness Requirement
5 min
Long-Arm Statutes
3 min
Bristol-Myers Squibb
6 min
Specific Jurisdiction Review
8 min
Home Sweet Home: General Jurisdiction
13 min
Goliath and Personal Jurisdiction: Examples and Analyses
9 min
Civ Pro: Venue
Basics of Venue
3 min
Finding a Proper Venue
3 min
Objecting to Plaintiff’s Choice of Venue
3 min
Forum Non Conveniens
2 min
Piper Aircraft
4 min
Where Should Sarah File?
5 min
Civ Pro: Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Subject-Matter Jurisdiction I: Introduction
1 min
Subject-Matter Jurisdiction II: Federal Question
1 min
Subject-Matter Jurisdiction III: Diversity
1 min
Concurrent Jurisdiction and Removal
1 min
Civ Pro: State Claims in Federal Court and Venue
Basics of Supplemental Jurisdiction
1 min
Swift v. Tyson and the “Federal Common Law”
1 min
Erie v. Tompkins
1 min
Erie’s Aftermath – Supplemental Jurisdiction, Lower Courts, and Dicta
1 min
Erie, Klaxon, and Choice-of-Law Rules
4 min
Guaranty Trust and the Outcome Determination Test
4 min
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Electric
3 min
Hanna and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
3 min
Should Sarah Bring State-Law Claims?
4 min
Erie Doctrine and Sarah’s State-Law Claims
4 min
Civ Pro: Filing a Complaint and Serving Process
Jury Demands in Civil Cases
6 min
Good-Faith Requirements of Rule 11
6 min
Service of Process: What and When
4 min
Service of Process: Who and How
3 min
Waiver of Service
4 min
Filing and Serving Sarah’s Complaint
4 min
Legal Writing: Making Legal Arguments
Deductive Reasoning
6 min
Authority – Part 1
5 min
Authority – Part 2
6.6 min
The Organization of Legal Analysis
5 min
Rule Synthesis
6 min
Applying Facts to Law
5 min
Legal Writing: Research and Writing
The Importance of Legal Citation
4 min
Legal Citation in Practice
6 min
Introduction to Legal Research
6 min
Introduction to Writing Legal Analysis
10 min
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