013: What Do Lawyers Argue About?

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