Imagine if the teaching at law school had been more engaging, that you had really interesting material to read, and was constantly encouraged by your classmates. We know you believe you could have been the coolest lawyer in the country. But don’t let these bygones stand in the way of clear understanding and professional development because you now have myLaw.net. And if you have trouble getting started, read on.

Define your myLaw Info experience

After you log in, you have the option to limit and experiment with what you want to see on myLaw Info. Simply go to ‘My Choice’ (click on the briefcase insignia on the panel on the top right) and subscribe or unsubscribe from the six categories and the six types of content. After that, return to myLaw Info and click on ‘My Choice’. Experiment with these categories and types to discover your preference. You can change these preferences whenever you like. If all that is too tedious for you, you can just let the other users of the platform decide what's good for you and click on ‘Popular’. The popularity of an article is determined in accordance with an algorithm developed by rogue hackers from North Korea.

That last line was a joke. Maybe.

However, if you are concerned that you may miss something important, you just need to click on ‘Everything’ in myLaw Info to browse all the latest content.

Again, if you just want to see very specific content, you can even narrow down your experience to each of the six categories or the six types of content, by following the ‘Courts’, ‘Law Schools’, ‘Corporate’, ‘Policy’, ‘Lounge’, ‘Cartoons and More’, ‘myLaw Insights’, ‘Interview’, ‘Humour’, ‘Analysis’, ‘History’, ‘Comics’, and ‘News’ links leading from myLaw Info.

It is also easy to keep track of articles that you have ‘liked’. Just click on ‘Faves’ (the thumbs up insignia on the top right panel), and you can see the list of articles that you have ‘liked’.

Your network influences your myLaw.net experience

On myLaw.net, you may come across some other users on your search results, on a discussion in the comments of an article, or in your Virtual Classroom. By following (just click ‘Follow’!) these users, you get to know what they are sharing on myLaw. You can even send notes to users you are following and the users who follow you. Who knows - you may find someone (or something) interesting!

If you want to find people, click on ‘People’ (again, one of the icons on the top-right). You can narrow down your search for people by the kind of user and the city that they are from. Go forth and stalk.

By clicking on ‘Share’ (you will find these buttons all over myLaw Info), you can share articles with your network of followers. The people you follow can influence your experience of myLaw Info. Click ‘Shared With You’ to experience what they have shared with you.

Enroll for programmes on myLawU

Learning and improving your lawyering skills on myLawU is easy. Just log into your myLaw.net account and click on the yellow myLawU logo.

You will see a list of all the available programmes. They have been divided into three categories – ‘Degree’, ‘Diploma’, and ‘Certification’. Degree programmes are run in partnership with a University and lead to a recognised degree certificate, similarly Diploma programmes lead to a University-awarded diploma. Rainmaker designs the programmes in the Certificate category and awards the certificates.

Browse through different programmes under the various categories. Click on a programme thumbnail, and you will be taken to the ‘Programme Details’ page.

Through this page, you can access sample study materials and interactive sessions even before you enroll. You will see different tabs on the top menu – ‘About’, ‘Resources’, ‘Discussion Forum’, ‘Upcoming Events’, and ‘Help’. You can go to the ‘About’ page and know more about the programme. Click on ‘Resources’ and you will see a list of all the content for that programme, some of which may be accessed with a simple click, while the others can be accessed only upon enrolment.

You will see a star rating on the menu bar, which will tell you how other users have rated the programme. Similarly, under ‘Resource’, every content item will have a user rating. You can rate content only if you are enrolled in that programme.

Click on the ‘Enroll’ button to enroll for a programme. You will have to fill your profile, to complete the enrollment process. For paid programmes, you can pay using a credit card, debit card, net banking, cash card, and a demand draft – please read the instructions and the terms and conditions carefully before proceeding with the payment.

Learning on myLawU

Once you have enrolled in a programme, the programme gets added to your account under the ‘My Programmes’ tab. If you enroll in multiple programmes, each programme will appear separately on your ‘My Programmes’ page.

Click on any of the programmes you have enrolled for. Content is arranged according to the different subjects, or ‘Courses’ in that programme.

Each programme has study materials and assessments. Assessments can be in the form of quizzes and assignments. To attempt a quiz, click on it and you will be taken to the quiz page. Here you will find the instructions and details of the quiz. Once you click on the ‘Attempt’ button, you will be able to attempt these questions. Remember: you have to finish the quiz within the time limit, which you can track using the timer. Click on ‘Submit’ to finish your attempt. Once you finish a quiz, you can check your score on the quiz by visiting ‘My Report Card’. Each programme will have a separate report card. To review your attempt and see the correct answers, simply go back to the quiz and click on ‘Review Attempt’.

You can see other people who have enrolled in the same programmes as you by visiting the ‘My Batchmates’ page – you can follow your batchmates (just click ‘Follow!’) and send them notes.

The Announcement page shows all the important events, and announcements related to the programmes you are enrolled in.

Clearing doubts

You can even clear doubts from programme faculty – just visit the ‘Virtual Classroom’. Click on a programme and the subject you have a doubt for. You can either add a new topic in the subject or post a query to an existing topic. The reply to your query will be updated on the Virtual Classroom as a thread in that topic. You will also receive a note telling you that your query has been replied to. Your doubt remains hidden until faculty has answered it. Once faculty replies to your post, it becomes visible to all your batchmates, and they can reply or comment on it. The faculty will answer all questions on the Virtual Classroom within forty-eight hours.

The Discussion Forum works a lot like the Virtual Classroom; the only difference is that you can view the forum for all programmes, irrespective of whether you are enrolled in them. You can post your comments, opinions, questions, and doubts here, and get replies from other myLawU users. This is not a faculty-moderated forum, so any posts you put up on the forum will become visible immediately to all myLawU users. Please don’t use profane or vulgar language. Our moderators will be monitoring the forum, and will remove any posts that they think are inappropriate.

Happy learning!