| Term | Evaluations | Course rating | Instructor rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Fall 2022 | 1 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Fall 2021 | 1 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Fall 2020 | 1 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
This course is required of LL.M. students who do not hold a U.S. J.D. degree. The course has several objectives: exposing students to fundamental concepts underlying the U.S. legal system, providing survival skills for the LL.M. year, exposing students to key doctrinal areas, and offering a frame of reference for comparing the U.S. legal system with students' own. The course is divided into three units: (a) an overview of our basic legal institutions, including the adversary system, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights; (b) a case study in product liability law, as both substantive exposure to private law and an exercise in identifying and manipulating legal doctrine; and (c) an examination of how the structure of the legal profession and different modes of lawyering contribute to the functioning of the U.S. legal system as a whole.
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