Introduction to the Study of Law

When you enter a lecture theatre or classroom to begin day one of the study of law, you will have fear in your heart and that fear will grow and grow with each passing hour-unless you have a mentor.

Studying the law can feel like walking into a dark forest with only a candle to guide you. All law students need a lot more than a candle, they need a brilliant orb as bright as the sun to shine a light on the thick, dark forest. And take away the fear.

Mentor Law can take away those fears by building your confidence to the point where studying this extraordinary subject will become a great adventure.

All students need a general overview of law before taking specific courses. Yet, strangely, this is not offered in law schools. First year law students at UBC for instance must take nine compulsory courses:

Indigenous Settler Legal Relations; Contracts; Criminal Law & Procedure; Property Law; Torts; Transnational Law; Public Law and the Charter; Legal Research & Writing; and Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

Mentor Law takes a 10,000 foot overview of this enormous subject because an aerial perspective is always a good idea before tackling the minutiae of any subject.

key service Mentor Law offers therefore is an Introduction to the Study of Law. What will you learn?

1. The origin of the common law
2. Differences between common law and civil law
3. The importance of King Henry II in the law
4. Canada's legal system
5. Key terms like Precedent, Stare decisis
6. Sources of law
7. Why we obey laws
8. How a bill becomes a law
9. Law and Morality
10. Eight hallmarks of an effective legal system
11. Canada's parliamentary system
12. An introduction to Canada's constitution
13. What the Court of Equity is all about

Let Mentor Law guide you through your first steps into this "foreign country" called the law and turn your fear into inspiration.

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