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What this course establishes
- Map J.D., ABA Council approval, bar-exam, character-and-fitness, ethics-exam and jurisdiction-admission gates without implying eligibility or authorization
- Research and update fictional legal questions through jurisdiction, authority hierarchy, holding, treatment, effective date and procedural posture
- Build fictional client-intake, conflict, confidentiality, investigation, pleading, discovery, evidence, negotiation, filing, trust-record and matter-closeout controls
Entry knowledge
- Advanced reading, precise writing, source evaluation, logical reasoning, fact chronology, quantitative literacy and respectful communication
- Ability to separate a client's allegation, an established fact, an inference, an authority's holding, dicta, a procedural rule and an advocate's conclusion
- Commitment to stop and escalate when jurisdiction, deadline, client identity, conflict, confidentiality, privilege, authority, safety or competence is uncertain
Scope boundaries
- Every person, client, opposing party, court, agency, document, account and matter is fictional. Learners must not advise or represent a real person, create an attorney-client relationship, calculate or rely on a real deadline, file or serve a document, contact a party or witness, negotiate a real dispute, hold client funds, assert privilege, or act as a lawyer through this course.
- This is not an ABA Council-approved J.D. program, law degree, law-school credit, clinical placement, bar-exam or MPRE eligibility or preparation guarantee, character-and-fitness determination, bar admission, license, continuing legal education, specialization, employment credential or authority to practice law. Each school, court and admitting authority decides acceptance and eligibility.
- No completion time, score, research result or internal certificate predicts admission, examination, licensure, employment, case outcome or legal correctness. People with real legal needs must use a licensed lawyer or verified court, agency, legal-aid or emergency resource in the applicable jurisdiction.
Fastest competency route
Completion is self-paced and competency-based. Prior knowledge can shorten study only when jurisdiction, current authority, facts, counterauthority, procedure, ethics, client decisions, deadlines and audit history remain traceable across varied simulations; no fastest-hour, admission, examination, license, employment or outcome promise is made.
- Pass diagnostics on credential gates, authority, research, analysis, procedure, evidence, ethics, client service, trust records and quality
- Repair every planted defect in the fictional legal-matter audit
- Complete and defend the simulation-only legal research and matter-control dossier
Full self-paced route
- Professional gates, jurisdiction, authority, research, citation and legal analysis
- Client intake, investigation, civil procedure, evidence, drafting, negotiation and accessibility
- Competence, conflicts, confidentiality, privilege, trust records, security, closeout and quality
- Applied legal research and matter-control dossier
Lesson and assessment map
Professional gates, jurisdiction, authority, research, and legal analysis
Answer a fictional legal question only after defining authorization, jurisdiction, material facts, governing authority, effective date and uncertainty.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Client intake, investigation, procedure, evidence, drafting, and resolution
Move a fictional matter through a controlled lifecycle without inventing facts, deadlines, authority, admissibility or client decisions.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Professional responsibility, client property, security, closeout, and quality
Protect fictional clients and the justice system through jurisdiction-verified duties, auditable controls and closed-loop supervision.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Required applied assignment
Legal research and matter-control dossier
Repair the fictional legal-matter audit and build one complete simulation from professional authorization and conflict intake through current primary-authority research, analysis, procedure/evidence controls, client decision, trust/security controls and closeout. Use fictional records only and never advise, represent, contact, file for, hold funds for or calculate a real deadline for a real person.
- Education, examination, character-and-fitness, admission, registration and jurisdiction-practice gate map
- Client/party identity, conflict, scope, confidentiality, access and fact-chronology package
- Authority hierarchy, research/update log, case/statute/rule synthesis and counteranalysis memorandum
- Simulation-only procedure/deadline, discovery, evidence, negotiation and client-decision controls
- Trust/security incident, closeout, defect reconciliation and quality dashboard with unique denominator and balancing measures
Passing standard: 80 of 100 points, with substantive revision required.
Continue after this course
- Verify admissions, cost, outcomes and curricular requirements directly with ABA Council-approved or otherwise jurisdiction-recognized law schools
- Complete required professional legal education and supervised experiential learning with current jurisdiction-specific primary authority
- Meet the intended jurisdiction's current examination, character-and-fitness, admission, registration, trust-account, continuing-education and conduct requirements