kitjohnson.net

What It Is

Kit Johnson’s personal academic website is not a traditional online video course platform. Instead, it is an open educational resource (OER) repository focused on law, especially immigration law and crimmigration—the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. The site brings together free casebooks written by the author, archived exams across several law school subjects, and published academic articles.

Core Dimensions

• Subject Areas: Highly specialized in law, with a core focus on immigration law and crimmigration. The exam archive also covers traditional areas such as administrative law, business associations, and civil procedure.
• Teaching Format: No live classes, recorded videos, or 1-on-1 instruction. It is a text-only resource library, including open casebooks and exam papers.
• Instructor / Institutional Background: Maintained by Kit Johnson. Judging from publications in leading law journals such as Oklahoma Law Review and Arizona Law Review, the author has a strong academic background and research track record in law.
• Accreditation / Certificates: No certifications or completion certificates are offered.
• Teaching Language: English only.

Pricing

Completely free. The casebooks, statutory supplements, and exam archives on the site are openly accessible, and academic papers can also be downloaded for free via SSRN, making it highly accessible for academic use.

Pros and Cons

Pros: 1. Fully free and open resources, significantly lowering the barrier to accessing U.S. law school materials; 2. Extremely specialized coverage, filling a gap in the niche interdisciplinary field of crimmigration; 3. Archived past exams provide highly practical reference value for law students preparing for exams.
Cons: 1. Lacks systematic instructional design, with no video explanations or interactive Q&A; 2. The content is highly technical and not friendly to users without a legal background or beginners; 3. The website has a plain academic style and mainly functions as a collection of materials, so the reading experience depends on users organizing the content themselves.

Who It’s For

Best suited for U.S. law school students—especially those taking immigration law-related courses—lawyers practicing immigration law, and legal researchers in related fields. It has limited value for general immigration applicants or non-specialists.

Access in China and Alternatives

• Access in China: Unknown. As an overseas personal academic website, it is usually likely to be directly accessible, though network instability cannot be ruled out.
• Payment Methods: No payment required.
• Alternatives: Legal databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis (paid), or Open Courseware projects from university law schools.