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Deep Legal Work

LG211
Module 2: Understanding the Legal Mind at Work
3 Lessons

The cognitive processes behind complex legal reasoning and drafting.

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Understanding the Legal Mind at Work

1

Working Memory and the Load of Complex Legal Problems

You will understand how working memory functions, why legal analysis demands so much of it, and how cognitive load affects your ability to reason through complicated statutes and case facts.

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2

Fast and Slow Thinking in Legal Analysis

You will understand how two distinct cognitive systems shape legal reasoning, why automatic thinking can mislead lawyers, and how to activate deliberate analysis when case complexity demands it.

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Drafting as Thinking: Why Briefs Need Unbroken Time

You will understand why legal drafting is not transcription but an act of genuine thinking that demands continuous cognitive attention and protected time.

25 min
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