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Written by Teri Kanefield on 2024-11-20 at 14:25

So anyway, I had this idea that everyone, particularly young people, should learn what is taught in law school.

I also had the idea that the way it is taught to young people is boring.

It wasn't until law school that I realized how interesting this stuff is.

The result ⤵️

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Written by Teri Kanefield on 2024-11-20 at 14:39

Someone asked the age level.

I wrote at the same level I wrote for California appellate justices 😂

Okay, it's the level just before kids start reading adult-level books.

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Written by Teri Kanefield on 2024-11-21 at 00:07

Adding: The reason I think the way it is generally taught is boring is that it's watered down and people are not given context.

I saw a kids book once that said, "you have the right to a jury trial!" Why would a kid care?

But after you read about the Zenger trial in the American colonies juries make sense as a way for the people to resist a tyrant.

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Written by Patrick on 2024-11-20 at 14:53

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“I wrote at the same level I wrote for California appellate justices 😂 …it's the level just before kids start reading adult-level books.”

No matter how difficult the field, I think that’s the way the great masters of any subject write. No one has really improved on Strunk and White.

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Written by Chancerubbage on 2024-11-20 at 15:04

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Plenty of adults barely at that level of reading comprehension that could use this.

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Written by jbridleman on 2024-11-20 at 15:23

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Right. So the majority of the country. 🙃

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Written by stiffelman on 2024-11-20 at 15:23

@Teri_Kanefield I asked and now I kinda wish I hadn’t but I’m also pretty sure you’re right.

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Written by Ande Jacobson on 2024-11-20 at 16:00

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Not a surprise at all. Kids and appellate justices both appreciate a good story.

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Written by MeredithW on 2024-11-20 at 16:36

@Teri_Kanefield now I know what to give my kidult next month!

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Written by John Breen on 2024-11-21 at 00:36

@Teri_Kanefield So of course you've seen this, but Schoolhouse Rock is the first thing I saw that made the boring "Constitutional System" interesting when I was in 4th grade.

Maybe next :

I can't make bail, so I'm sittin' in jail

And I'm hoping my peers, all agree I can sail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0

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Written by Clio Dunn on 2024-11-21 at 00:49

@Teri_Kanefield This. Watching Perry Mason made being a lawyer interesting. Finding the real killer. Freeing the innocent.

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