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Video

Aspen Learning Library

The videos from the In Other Words series cover fundamental topics in law. Each video is written and presented by a law professor or legal practitioner.

West Academic

Exists for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and International Taxation.  The West Academic Office Hours series is a collection of short audio and video tracks that tackle some of the thorniest questions plaguing law students. The professors answer students’ most frequently asked office hour questions. 

Audio

Aspen Learning Library

  • Aspen Aloud: exists for Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations and Other Business Entities, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts

Aspen Aloud is a series of narrated audio summaries for legal studies in 1L or 2L subject areas. Consisting of easy-to-follow, non-casebook-specific chapters broken up into audio files of approximately 10 to 30 minutes each, Aspen Aloud covers the main topics of a subject area to help students understand the concepts they learn in class throughout the semester and to study for exams on the go.

The audio files from the In Other Words series cover fundamental topics in law. Each lecture is written and presented by a law professor or legal practitioner.

CALI

Lawdibles are 10 minute audio recordings of law professors answering a very specific question you will likely encounter in law school.

West Academic

In each series, a law school professor explaining an entire subject in one simple lecture Each series covers basic concepts, the relationship among those concepts, and how a student can use the concepts to answer questions a professor might ask in class or on the exam. The length of the recording and depth of coverage varies by topic.

The West Academic Office Hours series is a collection of short audio and video tracks that tackle some of the thorniest questions plaguing law students. The professors answer students’ most frequently asked office hour questions.