What is Law School Genius?
It's the law school arm of Law Genius. It's a free, open resource for law students to come together and study by annotating the cases they're reading.
Why Annotate Cases?
Annotating helps people analyze what's going on in a case, draw connections between cases, and bring all their knowledge and insight into the text itself.
It's also a great way to engage in more collaborative studying. Do you really read all the cases assigned to you in law school? Yeah, neither do we. Most students rely on study groups to help them get through it. Genius lets you share your insights with the rest of your group, helping to divvy up the work.
Leave your mark on the wall of history and help us build a free, open, public database of legal knowledge while boosting your own understanding (and grades) in the process!
It's also a great way to engage in more collaborative studying. Do you really read all the cases assigned to you in law school? Yeah, neither do we. Most students rely on study groups to help them get through it. Genius lets you share your insights with the rest of your group, helping to divvy up the work.
Leave your mark on the wall of history and help us build a free, open, public database of legal knowledge while boosting your own understanding (and grades) in the process!
Annotating Cases Sounds Great! So... Where Do I Start?
You can find cases you're reading in the search bar. You can also flip through any of our Genius Casebooks — collections of the most famous cases most people read in a given subject area.
You can also visit our Tag Pages to see all cases relevant to a given subject matter.
Not finding the cases you're looking for? Want to create a Genius Casebook specific to your class?
Post your syllabus in the Law Genius Forum or email Christine, and she'll hook you up!
You can also visit our Tag Pages to see all cases relevant to a given subject matter.
Not finding the cases you're looking for? Want to create a Genius Casebook specific to your class?
Post your syllabus in the Law Genius Forum or email Christine, and she'll hook you up!
There Must Be a Catch, No?
Nope! All you need to do is create an account, which you can do through your Facebook or Twitter accounts, or just by using an email address. That's it!
How Do I Know the Annotations are Good?
Genius relies on its incredible community of contributors to help make sure annotations are great.
New annotations written by most contributors will appear with a line that says "Unreviewed Annotation." That means one of our community editors hasn't yet reviewed the annotation. Once it has been reviewed it will say "Genius Annotation."
If you see an annotation that doesn't look right, you can add a suggestion at the bottom or downvote it so that we know it needs attention.
Even if an annotation is great, but could be better, by adding more or different information, you should still leave a suggestion so that we can incorporate your great ideas into the annotations!
People who write great annotations and suggestions will eventually become editors, which means they have the awesome power to accept, edit or reject Genius Annotations.
New annotations written by most contributors will appear with a line that says "Unreviewed Annotation." That means one of our community editors hasn't yet reviewed the annotation. Once it has been reviewed it will say "Genius Annotation."
If you see an annotation that doesn't look right, you can add a suggestion at the bottom or downvote it so that we know it needs attention.
Even if an annotation is great, but could be better, by adding more or different information, you should still leave a suggestion so that we can incorporate your great ideas into the annotations!
People who write great annotations and suggestions will eventually become editors, which means they have the awesome power to accept, edit or reject Genius Annotations.
Does Law School Genius have Resources Besides Cases?
Indeed we do!
For example, we have the entire Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which you can annotate to help you study for the MPRE.
We're also looking to put together an outline bank, so if you have old outlines from previous semesters, put them up or email them to Christine.
The open platform means you can put up other texts you think might be useful -- like model answers, past exams, and hypos, which you can work through with the Law Genius community to help you study!
For example, we have the entire Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which you can annotate to help you study for the MPRE.
We're also looking to put together an outline bank, so if you have old outlines from previous semesters, put them up or email them to Christine.
The open platform means you can put up other texts you think might be useful -- like model answers, past exams, and hypos, which you can work through with the Law Genius community to help you study!
I'm a Professor, How Can I Use the Site?
Hundreds of educators, from middle school teachers to graduate school professors, are using Genius in their classrooms. It's a great way to engage with your students, encourage your students to engage with each other over text, communicate important points, and, most importantly, help your class contribute their learning and analysis to a public corpus of legal knowledge!
You can visit our Educator's page or email Christine for more information.
You can visit our Educator's page or email Christine for more information.
I'm not a Law Student or Lawyer, Can I Annotate?
Absolutely! So long as your annotations add insight, context or analysis in an interesting and well-written way, we're thrilledto have you!
What if I want to Annotate Non-Law School Things?
Please do! Visit Law Genius and follow the Law Genius Forumto see what's new and hot this week in law.
And poke around the rest of the Genius website, where musiclyrics of all kinds, poetry, literature, and even screenplays, are awaiting your brilliant insights!
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and follow the Law Genius Forum
And poke around the rest of the Genius website, where musiclyrics of all kinds, poetry, literature, and even screenplays, are awaiting your brilliant insights!
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and follow the Law Genius Forum
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