482: Listen and Learn -- Assault and Battery ...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today Alison is talking with the ABA's Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education about law school accreditation -- what's been happening in Texas and Florida, and what it means for current and prospective law students. ...  Show more

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're diving into a fundamental concept in legal trials -- evidence. We'll discuss the foundation that evidence is built around – relevance, and then we'll focus on the most important topic in all of evidence – hearsay. We'll ...  Show more

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of tort law, including: what is tort law, types of tort (focusing on negligence, trespass, and defamation), what tort lawyers do, the typical day of a tort lawyer, what makes a successful tort lawyer ...

🗒️ About this episode: A brief introduction to the criminal justice system. This episode covers:

This episode reviews the following intentional torts to the person: BatteryAssaultFalse Imprisonment Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)The episode begins with an explanation of intent and then discusses the rules and relevant case law necessary to understand each ...  Show more

🗒️ About this episode: "The common law has played an extremely important role in shaping the English legal system that we know today." Today's episode is about the common law. The episode includes: