Materials I built to learn this,
left open for anyone else who needs them
Doctrinal maps, case digests, and practice drills made for my own coursework and published as I go. Nothing here is a substitute for the assigned reading or your professor's chart — it is the scaffolding I put between the two.
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Civil Procedure
Which court may act, who must be joined, what must be pleaded and proved, and which decisions stay open to challenge. A rule reference, a case atlas in syllabus order, Massachusetts comparisons, three litigation laboratories, and the method pages that teach the reasoning underneath.
10 pagesThe thirty terms · Reading for triggers · Civil procedure by its elements · Civil procedure through analysis · Overview and coverage map · Rule reference · Federal–Massachusetts differences · Case atlas · Three litigation laboratories · Outline builder
Open → Prof. Rodriguez · Fall 2026Criminal Law
The in-class quizzes want the definitions word for word from the Crimes, Defenses, and Their Elements chart. These pages grade against that exact language.
7 pagesThe whole term bank · Quiz 1 — Definitions · Quiz 2 — Definitions · Quiz 3 — Definitions · Quiz 4 — Definitions · Quiz 5 — Definitions · Outline builder
Open → Prof. Devlin · Fall 2026Business Entities and Operation
A doctrine-first pass at the course: what each case is doing in the sequence, rather than what order the casebook happens to put it in.
5 pagesDoctrinal map · Restatement (Third) of Agency · Case digest · Cold-call cast sheet · Weekly concept quizzes
Open → Open to anyone · no course requiredLearning the method
Issue spotting looks like intuition from the outside. It is a sequence of decisions, and the decisions can be named and practised. These pages assume no prior familiarity with how law school works.
9 pagesUnderstanding elements · Doctrines & principles · The everyday IRAC builder · Mastering "it depends" · Reading a fact pattern · Pattern drill · Legal language · Practice lab · Echo outlining
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