Laymans for Education
Tools and resources aren't enough to advocate for yourself. You also need to know how to use them.
Laymans Seminars let you transform legal knowledge into structured educational experiences. Whether you're a law professor running a clinical program, a paralegal sharing practical expertise, or a layperson who's learned the hard way - your knowledge can empower others.
📖 Educator Workflow
Follow our step-by-step guide:
- Educator Guide - From understanding seminars to creating your first course
What is a Seminar?
A Seminar on Laymans is an arrangement of casefiles organized into educational content using the 4MAT learning system. Seminars guide laypeople through legal processes - from understanding their rights to taking action.
| Seminar Feature | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Structured learning | Casefiles arranged from exploration to practice |
| Progress tracking | Automatic completion tracking for learners |
| Discussion forums | Chatrooms where learners discuss and deepen knowledge |
| Prerequisites | Chain seminars together for advanced topics |
| Public or Private | Share with everyone or limit to your organization |
| County targeting | Specify which jurisdictions your content applies to |
Learn more: What is a Seminar?
What Can You Teach?
Seminars work for any legal education need:
Practical How-To Guides
- How to find the right clerk at the courthouse
- Filing procedures for specific courts
- What to expect at your first hearing
- How to read and respond to legal notices
Deep-Dive Legal Topics
- Constitutional rights in specific contexts
- Judicial deference and its implications
- Tenant rights by state
- Employment law basics
Lived Experience
- Navigating family court as a pro se litigant
- What I learned disputing a wrongful eviction
- Tips for dealing with debt collectors
Why 4MAT?
The 4MAT learning system organizes content through four phases:
- Why - Connect to learners' experience and motivation
- What - Deliver concepts and information
- How - Provide practice and application
- What If - Encourage adaptation and creativity
Laymans uses AI to automatically categorize and order your casefiles into this proven structure.
Creating a Seminar
Quick Start Options
| Method | Best For |
|---|---|
| Homepage "Inform" button | Creating a single seminar |
| Bookmarks page | Batch creating seminars from saved content |
| AI Co-Create | Let Layla arrange a seminar from your bookmarks |
The Process
- Name your seminar - Make it catchy and searchable
- Choose visibility - Public (suggested to all) or Private (your organization only)
- Write a description - What will people learn? Why should they care? Why are you sharing this?
- Set prerequisites (optional) - Require completion of another seminar first
- Select casefiles - Choose from your created or bookmarked casefiles
- Let AI order them - 4MAT system arranges resources automatically
- Publish - Your seminar is live
Full guide: How to Create a Seminar
Building Your Content Library
Before creating seminars, you need casefiles. Casefiles are the building blocks - documents, templates, guides, and resources that learners will work through.
Content You Can Create
- Explanatory documents - Concepts and definitions
- Templates and forms - Fillable resources learners can use
- Checklists - Step-by-step action items
- Case studies - Real examples (anonymized as needed)
- Reference materials - Court rules, statutes, regulations
Learn how: Create a Casefile | Mass Upload
Private Seminars for Organizations
Running a legal clinic? Teaching a law school course? Training union members?
Private seminars let you:
- Limit access to your organization, teammates, or specific invitees
- Share via Briefcases or Movements
- Track completion across your cohort
- Host discussions in private chatrooms
For Academic Institutions
Laymans is built on the theory and best practices of poverty law, civil innovation, comparative law, social governance, and human rights. We work with educational institutions to chart new paths in social entrepreneurship.
Clinical Education Opportunities
Laymans offers phenomenal opportunities for clinical legal education:
- Expand horizons for future-forward legal academics
- Train public interest technologists
- Bridge theory and practice
Get Involved
- Individual students: Check our opportunities page on laymans.app
- Institutions and educators: Reach out directly at hello@laymans.app
Stay tuned for information about our legal research and incubation opportunities.
Getting Started
| Step | Action | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Create your account | Start Registration |
| 2 | Create educational casefiles | Create a Casefile |
| 3 | Understand seminars | What is a Seminar? |
| 4 | Create your first seminar | How to Create a Seminar |
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