Course Description

The Legal Methods course is an introduction to the legal system, its institutions, processes and sources, and characteristic ways of reading or reasoning with those sources. It is oriented towards the methods of analysis or reasoning practices applicable across various branches of legal study. In this course, we will equip you with the research, analytical and critical skills required at law school to form a bridge between your previous degree and your practice as a lawyer. You are encouraged to bring in perspectives from your previous degree as well as any earlier encounters with the law in your work or other life.