Overview of the American Legal System

UVA Law Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06 provides an overview of the American legal system to first-year students. This event was part of orientation for the Class of 2021. (University of Virginia School of Law, Aug. 17, 2018)

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  • @mcsweeney29
    @mcsweeney292 жыл бұрын

    I went to a T15 law school, graduated almost a decade ago, and have been practicing at a “top” firm for some time now … you have no idea how useful it would have been to have this lecture on day one of law school, rather than picked up piecemeal through Socratic method opacity.

  • @JosephMbidi
    @JosephMbidiАй бұрын

    She is the best professor ever. Speaking clearly ❤

  • @user-cu1lv6ov6h
    @user-cu1lv6ov6h4 ай бұрын

    She's so knowledgeable and able to articulate her points seamlessly. The world needs more of you. Thank you so much Professor. I duff my 🎩

  • @timothyfitzgerald7394
    @timothyfitzgerald7394 Жыл бұрын

    This woman is so good, clear, and direct with her communication. Straightforward. What a pleasure to listen to her.

  • @omara.fuentes3027
    @omara.fuentes30272 жыл бұрын

    I’m 10 years old and I’m passionate about the law.

  • @tickedoffsheikh8587
    @tickedoffsheikh85873 жыл бұрын

    I'm 42 and has grown to have a passion for the law.

  • @karmelbythebay1

    @karmelbythebay1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m 32 and just started taking intro law courses at my community college!

  • @hedheb2619

    @hedheb2619

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is little justice in America so you must be after money.

  • @erialton
    @erialton3 жыл бұрын

    A gifted teacher is always a blessing to mankind. Well done!

  • @joeyhaddad2768
    @joeyhaddad27684 жыл бұрын

    I’m 15 and I’m very passionate about the law. This class was very well explained and it helped me a lot thank youu

  • @kenney0313

    @kenney0313

    3 жыл бұрын

    I strongly advise you to start studying Admiralty, Equity, Trust, and Commerce because that's the only thing going on in these unlawful Article I and Article IV courts and agencies. Common law only exists between people, and will not be acknowledged in these CORPORATE MILITARY VENUES we think are courts of law. If you can find it, try reading a book called Clerks Praxis. It explains in great detail how things work. This little book played a HUGE role in uniting European indentured servants with the American Indian against the Britons(Britain is a fiction like BLACK and WHITE, none of which even existed until after the civil war when Briton and the southern states used the ABA to win the peace AFTER losing the Civil War. The KKK is just descendants of Confederate racists still trying to exterminate indigenous Americans. By law, Americans should only be tried in Article III constitutional common law courts of justice. There is no justice in Admiralty, just creditors and debtors, and your birth certificate/SSN is the DEBTOR as evidenced by the ALL CAPS NAME which in English denotes a corporation, Trust, or other entity, NOT man. Notice the video is about the American LEGAL system, and not American law. LEGAL and Lawful are the same as PUBLIC and Private(note the spelling add compare you birth certificate with your signature). These courts are extensions of England's Kings Bench(judges sit on the bench) as overseen by the House of Lords/BAR(BRITISH ACCREDITED REGISTRY) in London. BENCH IS THE OLD WORD FOR BANK. It's all COMMERCE under the UCC(UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE).

  • @Salma-xl4ns
    @Salma-xl4ns3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly I came here out of curiosity but the amazing informative way this professor explained that introductory is so interesting to the level I think I wanna study low now🤯

  • @samuelamaya4923
    @samuelamaya49235 жыл бұрын

    She is very professional. I like how smooth she develops this orientation, very well explained . When are going to download more similar videos?

  • @davepaulsaunders
    @davepaulsaunders3 жыл бұрын

    From South Australia in "little old Adelaide" & looking at a big move once international borders open. Currently studying a Bachelor of Social Science Majoring in Security & International Relations & providing borders open up to USA & I get a job offer law is one of those things I want to study now! After hearing this I am so inspired more than ever. Writing down notes on this for the next few months so I'm well accustomed with it all providing I can get the job I'm after in the USA (international politics but need visa etc but have the resources to do it). I must say this is the clearest lecture I've heard, even more so than some of the Australian universities. Simple & crystal clear audio. Even I'm starting to understand it! Just have to get outta this country first in 2022 or 2023 once borders reopened up but hey, I can wait :-)

  • @dylanlaw4288
    @dylanlaw4288 Жыл бұрын

    I start an MLS program tomorrow. The ending to this hit the perfect notes that I needed to hear. Dive in, but don’t forget to breathe. I love it!

  • @joebrodenberg3428
    @joebrodenberg34285 жыл бұрын

    God damn! I feel like a lawyer after this

  • @surf1707
    @surf17073 жыл бұрын

    I'm an Australian who can't believe we still don't have a Bill of Rights. Amy tips on how out country might achieve this?

  • @ArseneArteta_
    @ArseneArteta_4 жыл бұрын

    More of these videos please

  • @spsayed
    @spsayed3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. That jurisdiction map is already stuck in my head professor. U made it easy to remember. Thank u. :))

  • @kayalex4623
    @kayalex46233 жыл бұрын

    Omg Thank you for the pep talk!! I needed that! Such professional and talented teacher! I thoroughly enjoyed this! I'd sit in on more for sure!

  • @fsneto19
    @fsneto194 жыл бұрын

    I am a lawyer in Brazil and it is very interesting to see the difference between Civil Law and Common Law. In a first contact, it seems to me that Common Law allows a greater subjectivity of the Judge since certain parameters are not in the Law (code) but in custom so I find it interesting the system that has been developed here in Brazil in which the law (code) is the first parameter and the jurisprudence serves to standardize the understanding of the law (code) and not to create rights as the Common Law does.

  • @AJ-bt1vy
    @AJ-bt1vy2 жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias Profesora, excelente explicación, desde Honduras.

  • @brothersinchrist5512
    @brothersinchrist55122 жыл бұрын

    When I was 13, I decided I wanted to go to law school and that it would be great to get a jump-start on the material so I could know as much as possible before attending. That was six years ago, and now I'm ready to apply for law school. _"You're not supposed to have already had it figured out. It would be a waste of your time and mine if you already knew everything there was to know about the law and you came and said 'yep, know it already.'"_ Huh, interesting...

  • @endlessidea5645
    @endlessidea56453 жыл бұрын

    It was such a clear lecture that ı can comprehend American Law System in general ways. Greetings from Istanbul

  • @nagmeldinnaseem6346
    @nagmeldinnaseem63462 жыл бұрын

    Excellent lecture. Thank you so much.

  • @starbury64
    @starbury644 жыл бұрын

    Very informative.

  • @ChanyouChunghi
    @ChanyouChunghi2 жыл бұрын

    @19:55 you can really see here how she’s actively trying to avoid using legal jargon. Very informational for orientation!!

  • @bubba3273
    @bubba32734 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lecture! Thanks for posting it.

  • @joshbrinklow250
    @joshbrinklow2502 жыл бұрын

    Everybody in that class should always carry their pocket constitution. Every people should.

  • @MmmmmmmmmmmMm15
    @MmmmmmmmmmmMm15 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible lecture! More!!!!

  • @ej2333
    @ej23333 жыл бұрын

    Very informative. and explained very well.

  • @SusanBassi
    @SusanBassi2 жыл бұрын

    UVA has done a great job of content on most topics but continuing to educate on the law as it is written, and not how it actually works , is raising a generation of attorneys to be prone to becoming corrupt or bankrupt. People are impacted most by family courts, they are broken, and have become a Potemikin Court system. That needs to be addressed in the legal community, including the academics who better be able to explain how private judging , domestic violence and vexatious litigant statue works , as appplied and as created in CA

  • @MdMasudRana-cl3lo

    @MdMasudRana-cl3lo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello medam

  • @tentanghukumkita6381
    @tentanghukumkita63812 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for explanation Overview of the American Legal System Very interesting and useful.

  • @hyojinlee
    @hyojinlee3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video!

  • @vanminhvn317
    @vanminhvn3177 ай бұрын

    I am passionate about the law. The lecture is clear and informative. What a interesting to listen to her

  • @alexandervillalta5339
    @alexandervillalta53394 ай бұрын

    Amazing the video. Thanks a lot.

  • @leoesharkey1
    @leoesharkey13 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the point she makes about not writing things down. I wish I had listened more and wrote less when I was in College and Law School...

  • @LegalesePodcast

    @LegalesePodcast

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was the same way my first year until I finished with my 1L's and realized the topics that I was more interested in I was having more difficulty retaining information from as opposed to classes I was less interested in. the only difference I could find was that with interesting topics like con law I had notebooks full of in class notes and less interesting topics like Property 1 or contract law I had very little in class notes . It was a much better experience once I figured that out and learned to relax a little bit and listen up more than I wrote down

  • @blackqueenstudio4783
    @blackqueenstudio47832 жыл бұрын

    I wish she would have touched on the UCC, and where and how it fits in the American Legal System.

  • @reggie93441
    @reggie934413 жыл бұрын

    She's amazing this Professor

  • @sandrasandra1745
    @sandrasandra17454 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!!!

  • @doright9681
    @doright96816 ай бұрын

    She needs to teach all of the courses. Great attitude for an educator.

  • @JohnJohnson-hl4fv
    @JohnJohnson-hl4fv4 жыл бұрын

    I like torts. I had a creme filled tort for breakfast this morning.

  • @coracaomitologico6952
    @coracaomitologico69524 жыл бұрын

    A very intelligent person

  • @HamidSpencer
    @HamidSpencer3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a current senior student in uni and Ive been wondering and thinking about going to study law in The States..

  • @lucylogacho1249
    @lucylogacho124910 ай бұрын

    Great speech and great ending!

  • @kennithumperovitch1312
    @kennithumperovitch13122 жыл бұрын

    LAWYERS?! What the world needs is more LAWYERS!

  • @popo98164737
    @popo981647374 ай бұрын

    Thankyou to enhance our knowledge

  • @kingsleylaurent562
    @kingsleylaurent5622 жыл бұрын

    That swimming analogy will go down in lecture/motivation history

  • @maqsoodahmad5801
    @maqsoodahmad58013 жыл бұрын

    Marvellous delivery stule

  • @europhile2658
    @europhile26584 жыл бұрын

    very good but the opening remarks about federal laws being dealt with in State courts were not covered,or did I miss that?

  • @lingyibai1583
    @lingyibai15834 жыл бұрын

    Just got the offer of UVA. Really nervous about my English.....

  • @americancitizen748
    @americancitizen7482 жыл бұрын

    She's awesome! Nice intro.

  • @tmo314
    @tmo314 Жыл бұрын

    So glad the DA from Better Call Saul gave us her insight

  • @LuatsuThuDoan
    @LuatsuThuDoan4 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @Veevslav1
    @Veevslav1 Жыл бұрын

    I am not a law student, law professor nor a lawyer but I am curious why it is not called common law after precedent is established on the interpretation of statutory law by the courts?

  • @stormrider1375
    @stormrider137510 ай бұрын

    "No legal system can claim to be a servant of the people if it enables those who harm the people to conceal themselves under the cover of the law and receive advantages that harm the people." - Dr. Hans Frank, "The Impact of National Socialist Thinking on the German Legal System" (1934)

  • @Tkanyike
    @Tkanyike4 жыл бұрын

    This is very nice

  • @DonYutuc
    @DonYutuc3 ай бұрын

    Who's watching in 2024? I moved to Virginia in 2021 from Texas. This lady epitomizes why y'all are the mother of states and the mother of Presidents. Y'all have a future White House resident in Youngkin. You don't have to like him. Only love America. 🇺🇸 I'm 63, 2x this very knowledgeable lady's age. Enjoy learning y'all. This is golden. 😊 🎉 ❤ PS. Her "metaphor" story at the end is a "must watch." My humble opinion. 😊

  • @LaurynMarkMusik
    @LaurynMarkMusik3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 👌

  • @elmejoryo3928
    @elmejoryo3928 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @saverioorlando5021
    @saverioorlando50212 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @rafaeltlv1795
    @rafaeltlv17955 жыл бұрын

    She is brillant

  • @coracaomitologico6952
    @coracaomitologico69524 жыл бұрын

    Very good a good class wanted is there

  • @packgoat4580
    @packgoat45808 ай бұрын

    Did she mention antartica at some point? Please help me out 😅

  • @johnholmes3584
    @johnholmes3584 Жыл бұрын

    If you opt out of being a US citizen or corporate entity and become an American national, would you then be under only common law?

  • @al109
    @al1093 жыл бұрын

    Good content

  • @Keteerfio
    @Keteerfio4 жыл бұрын

    What can I say I cleared all confusion. Thanks.

  • @jrnaki903
    @jrnaki9034 жыл бұрын

    Common Law is the Peoples Law who fight for justice. Statue law fights for profit.

  • @SJ-lm7xz
    @SJ-lm7xz2 жыл бұрын

    So basically statutes are regulations for government employees and people that work for the agencies or hold a license under an agency, correct? The statutes are not laws for everyday common folks correct?

  • @hopaideia
    @hopaideia3 жыл бұрын

    A happy little statute lives here. Let's give it a friend, statutes don't like living alone. She reminded me of Bob Ross

  • @randyfreestone8247
    @randyfreestone82474 жыл бұрын

    The subject of Common law seems to have been glossed over in my view. It is my understanding that under Common law the jury is not bound by the decisions of previous cases and has the authority as, the people, to overturn existing law and create new law. The courts were given authority by the people and therefore the people stand above the courts, The decisions and laws passed by a jury of people of the U.S.A. cannot be overruled by any court.

  • @Muhammadqasimrazaspeak999
    @Muhammadqasimrazaspeak999 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful define th legal law

  • @kingnico6965
    @kingnico69653 жыл бұрын

    Common law in my opinion is the customs of the people and no foreign entity May usurp the customs of the people common law which is not written down

  • @an0n71
    @an0n712 жыл бұрын

    Ive learned this in Law 101

  • @josephsmyth832
    @josephsmyth832 Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately what isn’t stated is that positive law involves the social sciences and lacks natural philosophy in relation to Aristotle where the rule of law has historical connection. Natural law deals with morals and ethics in relation to metaphysics, epistemology, and cosmology. There’s no way to avoid the relationship between philosophy and law.

  • @KARAZARKARAK
    @KARAZARKARAK8 ай бұрын

    Dear lord is that an actual chalk board? Nice.

  • @christopherchromwell4691
    @christopherchromwell4691 Жыл бұрын

    American laws started in 1700s almost 300 years ago and we are still living by these laws in the year 2022 but the criminals are not living by these laws American laws have to change to deal with the criminals today

  • @user-wv4lf4yq4t
    @user-wv4lf4yq4t7 ай бұрын

    Really scientific

  • @brandonmccarthy7660
    @brandonmccarthy76603 жыл бұрын

    Why do you give a life sentence plus more time on top? For etc. A criminal got for the first charge 99 years plus for the second charge got 60 more years? Why not just say life without the possibility of parole!!

  • @primozbenedicto3501
    @primozbenedicto3501 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @luftwaffle3766
    @luftwaffle3766 Жыл бұрын

    I am being taught what laws there are

  • @ZeteticPlato
    @ZeteticPlato Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @jaytoocutt4237
    @jaytoocutt4237 Жыл бұрын

    Chilling here as a 16 yr old tryna learn

  • @coracaomitologico6952
    @coracaomitologico69524 жыл бұрын

    Good meai Brinks hour mar you good

  • @PosterityOf1776
    @PosterityOf1776 Жыл бұрын

    Objection! Common Law cases obtains a ruling from the jury. Common Law is a court of records. Which place the magistrate as the highest secretary. The ruling of the jury can not 🚫 be retried in any court. See 🙈 Black's Law dictionary 1st, 2nd 3rd edition. Modern BL dict are political influenced and BAR influenced.

  • @jarrodyuki7081
    @jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын

    federal state and county laws.

  • @deeremeyer1749
    @deeremeyer17494 жыл бұрын

    What if I'm in a parish or province or unincorporateed area?

  • @Harlem55
    @Harlem55 Жыл бұрын

    This is mistated: executive agencies have rulemaking authority to implement how a statutory law is to be followed: for example,18 USC 2257 records where the statute says very little about "how" to keep the records and how they must be organized. However, the attorney generals "rules" flesh all of it in such that we then know the "how" or the specific uniform implementation of the statute. However, these rules can contradict no other law. Common law is nothing more than that law which came from england which is still followed because it did not represent the specific evils of the king which resulted the american revolution.

  • @yatinhu1153
    @yatinhu1153 Жыл бұрын

    I am a 17 year old Italo-brazilian teenager in Germany interested about American law, the world nowadays is truly confusing HHAHHAHAHA

  • @bangryman100
    @bangryman100 Жыл бұрын

    How does the average/ layman supposed to know all the Laws out there.? How can someone break a law that they don't know exist? Does not intent start in the mind?

  • @JohnJohnson-hl4fv
    @JohnJohnson-hl4fv4 жыл бұрын

    I love the Statute of Liberty in New York City on that little island.

  • @PosterityOf1776
    @PosterityOf1776 Жыл бұрын

    The truth in Florida : Common Law is still the main legal system. Title I CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES Chapter 2. COMMON LAW IN FORCE; REPEALED STATUTES 2.01 Common law and certain statutes declared in force.-The common and statute laws of England which are of a general and not a local nature, with the exception hereinafter mentioned, down to the 4th day of July, 1776, are declared to be of force in this state; provided, the said statutes and common law be not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the acts of the Legislature of this state.

  • @joannthomases9304
    @joannthomases93042 жыл бұрын

    You have not explained STATE OF ..vs state...independent as a de jur...sui juri...those, belong to a territory of Fictitious State, 10 sq miles as a foreign district, country unto itsself....Judge made law by juris prudence, conscious of the law. Please explain all definitions of states..these, the, united United...of America= King Georges Juristiction, on and on..estate, trust....Constitution For...you forgot...

  • @WEIXELTOWN
    @WEIXELTOWN5 жыл бұрын

    If everybody is subject to the U.S. Constitution, then who are the "people"?

  • @lancell72
    @lancell724 жыл бұрын

    +++

  • @JohnJohnson-hl4fv
    @JohnJohnson-hl4fv4 жыл бұрын

    The Constitution and Prostitution which is better?

  • @jisohn4990
    @jisohn4990 Жыл бұрын

    LOL, take a look at 12 presumptions of Law/ court

  • @robertabbott6736
    @robertabbott6736 Жыл бұрын

    Common law is not made by the courts it's made by the people through the courts which brings it up to second on list of hierarchy common law is God's law ecclesiastical law

  • @xxxxhong6550
    @xxxxhong65504 жыл бұрын

    good intro for a foreigner

  • @deeremeyer1749
    @deeremeyer17494 жыл бұрын

    So if I get sued over a collision in a car in Virginia "English common law" that is a "creature of the judiciary" but from a "country" that the "American Revolution" was fought - and WON - specifically to defeat and deny and to demonstrate had no "power" outside of "England" and the "judge" is going to "make" the law on the spot "in court"? Let's go to "trial" tomorrow, shall we?

  • @PosterityOf1776
    @PosterityOf1776 Жыл бұрын

    27:34 States moved from Common Law to Statues. which means CL is still the law of the land. CL is in the Constitution! uniformly moving to TX from FL , doesn't mean your not a Floridaian. The legal society hijacking the real law! Common Law.

  • @WEIXELTOWN
    @WEIXELTOWN5 жыл бұрын

    Law is that which is established as fact. Ok...I'm done now, can I get my law degree?

  • @lanewithrow-frisbee1491
    @lanewithrow-frisbee14914 жыл бұрын

    She begins to tell them youll be different. To people or person or monster that whst she means bu babble lon