The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has partnered with Harvard Law School to offer Hofstra Law students an online introduction to law school. Developed by Harvard Law School, Zero-L is an online course designed to ensure all incoming students, whatever their backgrounds and previous areas of study, start with foundational legal knowledge that enables them to thrive in law school. The online course is available to Hofstra Law students for free this summer.
Zero-L consists of about a dozen hours of lively video lectures and intermittent comprehension checks, and provides students with an overview of key features of the U.S. legal system, the vocabulary of law school, and what it means to be a law student. It also provides a number of practical tips, such as instruction on how to read a case most effectively. The lectures are taught by Harvard Law School faculty members. Zero-L will give students and their classmates background that will help them get off to a great start when classes begin.
Incoming Hofstra Law students will participate in Zero-L as part of the Law School’s Orientation programming, and will take the following modules:
Introduction to Law and the Court Systems
- Thinking Like a Lawyer
- Kinds of Law: Some Major Categories and Sources of Law
- What is Law? Distinguishing Legal from Other Kinds of Rules
- Federal vs. State Law and Order of Authorities
- The Federal Court System
- The State Court Systems
How to Read a Case and Understand Precedent
- How to Read a Case
- Kinds of Common Law Arguments
- Precedent: What Does the Decision Mean for Future Cases?
Working with Statutes
- How a Bill Becomes a Law
- How to Read a Statute: Introduction
- How to Read a Statute: Tools of Interpretation
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