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Today we are talking about one important facet of your law school experience - learning to argue like a lawyer. From class to court, it's all basically the same.

So, what do Lawyers argue about? Some combination of:

1. The Facts


2. The Law


3. Policy

In this episode we discuss:

• Examples of the types of arguments you will find in law school


• How to argue like a lawyer


• Why law students struggle with the concept of ambiguity


• The importance of reading cases carefully


• Why law students struggle when trying to argue about the law


• Policy arguments and why they can be the most confusing type of argument


• How professors handle policy arguments


• What types of arguments will you see on exams and strategies for mastering them

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Thanks for listening! Good luck in law school.

Alison & Lee