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    • Online Learning with Michigan Law

    Discover the intersection of law, communication, and technology through courses designed to build essential professional skills and examine the most pressing legal issues of our time.

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    What Michigan Law Can Do for You

    Explore University of Michigan Law School online courses, series, and Teach-Outs™ developed with Michigan Online for learners around the world.

    Communication & Workplace Skills Online Learning Experiences

    Develop your personal and professional voice to persuade audiences and provide feedback across different environments.

    • Series

      Feedback Loops: How to Give & Receive High-Quality Feedback

      Understand how feedback loops shape systems, learning, innovation, and continuous organizational improvement.

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      Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals

      Build strong feedback skills to enhance personal growth and improve your relationships at work and beyond.

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      Feedback Loops: Vertical Feedback

      Develop skills to give and receive feedback across hierarchies, improving communication in structured settings.

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      Feedback Loops: Horizontal Feedback

      Master peer-to-peer feedback techniques that reduce tension and turn conversations into growth opportunities.

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      Feedback Loops: Team Feedback

      Learn to implement effective feedback strategies for teams of any size or structure, including remote work environments.

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      Good with Words: Writing and Editing

      Strengthen writing and communication skills to craft clear, persuasive messages across professional contexts.

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      Writing and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order

      Learn to craft persuasive writing using syntax, storytelling, punctuation, and strategic word choice to elevate your communication.

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      Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization

      Learn to organize ideas clearly using paragraph structure, showing and telling techniques, and reader-focused sentence flow.

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      Writing and Editing: Drafting

      Overcome writing paralysis with strategies like freewriting, planning techniques, and sentence-level inspiration from diverse professional writers.

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      Writing and Editing: Revising

      Master revision techniques, differentiate between editing and proofreading, and learn to make data and feedback impactful.

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      Good with Words: Speaking and Presenting

      Build confident speaking and presentation skills to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively.

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      Speaking and Presenting: Poise

      Discover how to build poise in presentations by making deliberate choices that improve clarity and connection.

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      Speaking and Presenting: Pitches and Persuasion

      Learn to combine data, expertise, and vision to deliver compelling, persuasive pitches that resonate with your audience.

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      Speaking and Presenting: Conversation Starters

      Master techniques to spark engaging conversations and presentations with memorable, persuasive surprises.

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      Speaking and Presenting: Tact

      Learn to craft personalized messages with tact to connect meaningfully with your audience in any speaking setting.

    AI, Technology & Society Online Learning Experiences

    Understand how artificial intelligence can be used within your legal practice and what you can do to ensure you’re implementing these tools responsibly.

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      AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates

      Learn essential AI skills for legal advocates, from evaluating tools to enhancing communication, problem-solving, and leadership in practice.

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      AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities

      Explore AI's benefits and risks in legal work, and gain strategies for creative, informed, and confident use of AI tools.

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      AI for Lawyers: Learning and Leading

      Explore how AI is reshaping legal education and professional growth, and learn how educators and leaders can build skills for a changing world.

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      AI for Lawyers: Communication and Creativity

      Use AI to improve your legal writing and speaking while maintaining your own creativity and problem-solving skills.

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      AI for Lawyers: Time and Tasks

      Learn how to delegate tasks effectively using AI, avoid common pitfalls, and boost productivity in legal and advocacy work.

    • Implications of Using ChatGPT and Plagiarism & Attribution

      Featuring insights from Jack Bernard, a general counsel attorney for the University of Michigan and Law School faculty member, this video explores how students and legal professionals can harness generative AI like ChatGPT as a collaborative partner without crossing the line into academic misconduct.

    • Government Regulation

      Dive into the complexities of AI regulation and the potential for governance to infringe on free speech. This video addresses the growing challenges posed by deepfakes and the fading trail of user accountability as AI tools become more sophisticated and decentralized.

    Law, Democracy & Public Affairs Online Learning Experiences

    Explore recent topics in law and public affairs, including perspectives from U-M Law faculty in Teach-Outs—free learning opportunities from Michigan Online that offer public access to the expertise of U-M faculty.

    • Understanding the Executive Order: An Interview with Margo Schlanger

      Rising border tensions continue to shape the American political landscape. This video examines how executive orders affect the lives of families seeking asylum and analyzes the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s initial travel ban during his first presidency.

    • Civil Rights in the Trump Era Teach-Out: Introduction to Civil Rights

      Hosted by Professor Margo Schlanger of the University of Michigan Law School, this video introduces a comprehensive look at how civil rights are defined, debated, and enforced as a society and the issues surrounding civil right that arose during the first Trump administration.

    • Faculty Opinion, Professor Niehoff: Freedom of Speech - History and Legal Theory

      Explore how individuals in the legal field are thinking about the tension between protecting marginalized voices, navigating aspects of hate speech, and understanding why an open marketplace of ideas remains vital to a participatory democracy.

    • Barbara McQuade: Role of Journalism

      From the landmark investigative reporting of Watergate to the decentralized chaos of modern social media, the press serves as an indispensable democratic watchdog for holding public officials accountable. In this video, University of Michigan Law School Professor Barbara McQuade analyzes the evolving media landscape, illustrating how professional ethical standards and frameworks, such as libel laws, help anchor public truth during high-stakes constitutional crises.

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