The Language of Law School: Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer"

Elizabeth Ellen Mertz

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Notes on Transcription I. INTRODUCTION 1. Entering the World of U.S. Law 2. Law, Language, and the U.S. Classroom 3. Study, Design, Methodology, and Profile II. SIMILARITY: LEGAL EPISTEMOLOGY 4. Learning to Read Like a Lawyer: Text, Context, and Linguistic Ideology 5. Epistemology and Teaching Styles: Different Form, Same Message 6. On Becoming a Legal Person: Law Talk in the Law School Classrooms III. DIFFERENCE: SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN LEGAL PEDAGOGY 7. Professonial Style in Context 8. Student Participation and Social Difference: Race, Gender, Status, and Context in Law School Classes IV. CONCLUSION: READING, TALKING, AND THINKING LIKE A LAWYER 9. Legal Language and American Law: Authority, Morality, and Linguistic Ideology Notes Index

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