不論你是LLM or JD, 正準備申請或是已經在課堂上了

當你在上課時, 你勢必要做NOTE

指定閱讀CASE時, 你勢必要做BRIEF

自己複習時, 你勢必會做OUTLINE

至少, 你跟其他老美借筆記時, 你一定要知道下面幾點, 閱讀起來才順利

請讓這些縮寫跟你的美國同學同步吧!!

Typing Shorthand

• Attorney = atty
• Common Law = c/l OR cLAW
• Consideration = ø or cx
• Constitution = C
• Contract = K
• Court = ct
• Defendant = D or ∆
• Federal = fed
• General Rule = GRULE
• Jurisdiction = jdx or juris
• Majority Rule = majR
• Minority Rule = minR
• Negligence = neg or negc
• Plaintiff = P or π
• Rule Against Perpetuity = rap
• Standard of Review = sor
• State = st
• Statute of Fraud = sof
• Statute of Limitations = sol
• Strict Liability = SL
• Summary Judgment = sj
• Supreme Court of the United States = SCOTUS OR SCt
• Two part words (e.g., affirmative action) = x/y (e.g., a/a)
• About = a/b
• Amendment = ame
• Argument = arg
• Because = b/c
• Between = btw or b/w
• Commercial = comm
• Different = diff
• Discrimination = disc
• Each = ea
• Employee = EE
• Employer = ER
• Employment = emp
• Ending with “-ion” = ^n
• Especially = esp
• For = 4
• From = f/
• Government = gov OR govt
• Not = ! or ≠ or %
• Point = pt
• President = pres
• Probably = prob
• Property = prop
• Reaction = rxn
• Required = req’d
• Review = rev
• Should = sd
• Something = sthg
• Standard = std
• Statement = stmnt
• Within = w/in
• Without = w/out
• With Respect To = w.r.t.
• Would = wd