"How to Read a Case" with UVA Law Professor Anne Coughlin
Published 2015-09-23
All Comments (21)
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As a lawyer for almost 20 years, I have always learned to read a case backwards. Start with the conclusion and work your way up. Try it. Much easier.
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Who's watching in 2024? A picture paints a thousand words but a video paints a million. I appreciate your lecture, Professor Anne Coughlin. This is awesome comfort learning for a 63-year-old. Everything else on YouTube is chewing gum for my brain. Res ipsa loquitur. The video speaks for itself.
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I could literally just sit here and listen to this lady all day. The amount of curiosity in her own teaching and pure teaching skills have me watching an hour lecture in what feels like 20 mins.
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1:15 'close reading' and The doctrinal content of the case 1:58 'it'? 2:26 questions to ask when reading a case 2:47 'the doctrine that the case spells out' 3:03 the course curriculum 3:48 Cases teach a certain 'legal principle' or a certain 'doctrinal rule' 4:43 5:13 How does the law define the actus reus of attempt?
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As a 30 years lawyers working in China, even there are different law styles between China and US, but the way of reading cases is same and equally useful.Thank you very much for sentting the HOW wonderful lectures openly ! every student of law school from anywhere will thank you!
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I wish she was my professor. So much admiration and respect for you Prof. Coughlin. Thanks for posting this wonderful lecture and make it available.
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She is brilliant and a joy to listen to! I love her pronunciation/enunciation.
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This is so fun. I can't wait for law school. If I have a teacher similar to Professor Coughlin, I will be in nerd heaven.
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As a law student I basically do the following: - read the facts and determine what the issue is. - read the end of the judgement to see what the court holds. - then skim the judgement itself. By doing this I can understand the context of the case and the reasoning process for the final decision.
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Hey, y'all need to read the cases before class! She's too nice! When I see that a case was recently done, I'm like, "Aw, shit. No one's gonna know this yet". When it's a case from the turn of the 20th century, I'm saying, "Yeah, this has been solidified, not changed, fantastic precedent". I won a settlement, without a lawyer, citing a couple of way old cases. Fantastic lecture.
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As a 15 year old kid who loves the study of law and have been into law this is by far the best teacher ive ever seen teach me how to read a case the way she teaches is just 100% on point
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This lady is just so intelligent and eloquent.
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As a law student in Germany, I fell in love with the way she speaks. Her teaching makes it easy to follow and understand! Her patience as well as her own passion about law is catching. Thank you SO much for providing us this fantastic lecture! Lots of love and respect to this brilliant professor!
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Super Brilliant she took it to the basics of why it’s important to read cases I want go to law school now
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Great speaker, she’s compelling and cut to the quick immediately. Strikes me as a person who has very little time in her day for bullshit, and I appreciate her passing on the savings
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I am a student in South Sudan 🇸🇸. who's going to school of Law and she is just an amazing 👏 lecturer and her intelligence 😀 is giving me more power to love Law
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Really enjoyed this lecture! Thank you for your insight. This helps me tremendously in my review of cases as a labor relations specialist
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This is unequivocally amazing and 1 of the best explanation of how to ferret out the details of a case. Back In! You give me hope!
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Ok. I just this minute started this lecture with you and just so you know, you are a quite obviously a brilliant and compassionate woman. Can't wait.
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thanks youtube for suggesting this, i just really finished it OMG!! I enjoy her lecture so much! As an incoming college student I just really love how she doesn’t let the class feels like she is superior and she’s very open for questions, and she even looks like she spoon feed the things you should know or ask about. Also, the words she use I thought she will use a lot of legal jargon and high falutin words— but she explain things very precisely. I LOVE HER 👏🏻👏🏻 SHE’S AMAZING!!
