b.American legal education is general rather than specialized.
(2)美国的法律教育是全面性教育而非专业性教育。
Every law school uses nearly the same course during first year:
每一所法律院校在第一年所开设的课程大致相同，
torts, contracts, property, criminal law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and legal research and writing.
有侵权行为法、合同法、财产法、刑法、民事诉讼法、宪法和法律研究与写作。
In the second and third year, elective courses are chosen by the students,
在第二年和第三年，由学生自己选修课程，
but most take other common courses in administrative law, business and commercial law, litigation, family law,
但是大部分人会选修其他公共课程如行政法、贸易与商法、诉讼法、家庭法、
intellectual property and technology law, and international and comparative law.
知识产权和技术法、国际法与比较法等。
Upon graduation, every student has been exposed to a broad spectrum of the law even through he or she may later specialize in some area.
这样等学习期满毕业时，每名学生对宽泛的各种法律均有接触，即使他们日后可能会专攻某个专门领域。