Shawn Newman,  Adjunct Professor & Attorney at Law

I am a graduate of The Ohio State University [Business Administration (Labor and Human Resources)] and The University of Notre Dame Law School (Juris Doctor). I have worked as an Assistant Attorney General, College/University General Counsel, a State Senate Staff Counsel, a local State District Court Public Defender, and as a Washington State Superior Court appointed arbitrator. 

My job is to help guide your development of "legal literacy". To do so, I have put together these short Legal Literacy Lectures broken down by subject. Law is a language that uses specific "terms of art" unique to "the law" (e.g., contract, tort, negotiable instruments). These Legal Literacy Lecture videos are much more like buying a rug at IKEA vs. law school. It may not be an intricately made tapestry, but it covers what you need just as well, and you can get it a lot quicker and easier. My hope in paring it down this way and keeping it digestible is that you will gain an awareness of your rights.