Jurisprudence & Legal Systems Courses and Certifications

A Law Student's Toolkit

5 ratings

Learn the terminology and tools lawyers use to argue: legal categories and distinctions, frameworks of legal analysis and procedure, evidentiary concepts, and law school preparation.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence

Learn and apply the basic principles of Islamic jurisprudence.

• OpenLearning
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Notary Public Preparation (Live Online)

182 ratings at CourseHorse

Get ready to become a certified Notary Public officer in New York State through this comprehensive course covering all the necessary laws and regulations.

• CourseHorse
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• $140.00

Effective Legal Office Administration

2227 ratings at Udemy

Prepare for paralegal work: draft summons, captions, contracts and deeds, manage attorney billing, and cover litigation, torts, criminal, family, business and estate law.

• Udemy
• 7 hours 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Starting with law

52 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Starting with law, explores key legal concepts such as legal capacity and the rights and responsibilities of the individual. You will examine how laws are made, and how they ...

• OpenLearn
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

History of Roman Law

9 ratings at edX

Explore Roman Law, its History, its Juridical Science and Codes, and see how relevant it could be for international legal culture today!

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Scottish courts and the law

27 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Scottish courts and the law, explores the role, function and purpose of the courts in Scotland and their relationship with the law. You consider the way in which cases come to ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

13 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Legal skills and debates in Scotland, considers how laws are interpreted and applied. It looks at legislation, court judgments, argument, judicial reasoning and rights. It also ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Equity – law and idea

10 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Equity – law and idea, gives you the opportunity to broaden your skills in and knowledge and understanding of legal principles. Beyond the confines of the Common Law of England ...

• OpenLearn
• 14 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

1 rating at OpenLearn

This free course explores the law-making process in Scotland and considers how the legal system has been influenced by change. You consider how Scots law and lawyers have influenced advances in the...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

University Of Surrey

Jurisprudence: Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

Discover the philosophical underpinnings of the law, from making legal arguments to our moral obligation to obey the law.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Legal Doctrines and Case Analysis

Analyze classic legal doctrines and cases to develop legal reasoning and apply jurisprudential theory to real-life legal problems.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Indonesia Cyber Education Institute

Indonesian Legal System

An introduction to Indonesia’s legal system covering customary, Islamic, constitutional, private, administrative, criminal, and international law.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Jeffrey Kaplan

What Is Legal Positivism?

1 rating

An introduction to legal positivism’s separation thesis, examining how legal facts relate to social facts alongside non-cognitivist views of moral judgment.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Jeffrey Kaplan

Riggs v Palmer - Famous Court Case About a Grandson Murdering His Grandfather

A lecture on Riggs v. Palmer, examining how legal principles shaped the decision to deny an inheritance to a murderer.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video