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Torts II - The Torts of Defamation, Invasion of Privacy and Torts against Business and Property

This is Part II of a 2 part series on Intentional torts written for the undergraduate legal studies, business law, paralegal or pre-law student. It covers 8 torts: defamation, invasion of privacy, disparagement, interference with a contract, fraud, trespass, conversion and nuisance. It discusses their elements and defenses.

Semester Self-Assessment & Reflection

This lesson is designed to help you self-assess your semester performance. It is best suited for completion after you finish a full law school semester. It begins with a brief overview of self-regulated learning and metacognition. Then, the lesson provides a step-by-step process for assessing your law school semester.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Explain the importance of self-regulated learning and metacognition.
2. Self-assess and reflect on your learning.
3. Create a plan for continued academic success.

How to Learn from Exams

This lesson explores one of the fundamental lawyering skills, which is self assessment. This lesson looks at how to learn from success and failures. Primarily, it focuses on what to do after a quiz, midterm, or final exam, and how to continue learning from those assessments.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Assess their strengths and weaknesses related to law school exams or other assessments.
2. Identify things to do post assessment to improve.

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