Off and Running is a unique text for the first semester of the 1L legal writing and research course, designed to guide students through their development of the essential skills needed to practice law. Using a single, classroom-tested fact pattern, the authors demonstrate in concrete steps how a first-year associate might approach a legal problem. Students practice these steps and skills on other fact patterns, as they read about this fictional associate.
Using this fresh approach and a plain-English writing style, the authors introduce essential concepts and skills related to...
Off and Running is a unique text for the first semester of the 1L legal writing and research course, designed to guide students through their deve...
Ancillary purchase book appropriate for incoming and first - year law students, law students in academic support programs, pre - law students, and graduates studying for the bar exam.
Features:
The student answer to the Hayakawa problem in Chapter 4 is now annotated to show key features, such as explanations of rules, explanation of elements, application of sub-elements to facts, and conclusions
An all-new Chapter 8 explains how exams are like the real practice of law
Ancillary purchase book appropriate for incoming and first - year law students, law students in academic support programs, pre - law students, and gra...
Preparing for Practice is a fresh approach to the 1L first semester legal writing and research course, designed to guide students through their development of the essential skills needed to master the MPT section of the bar exam and learn legal analysis and writing from a practice perspective. The coursebook combines practice-oriented case files with theoretical content, eliminating the need for professors to create their own case files.
Preparing for Practice is a fresh approach to the 1L first semester legal writing and research course, designed to guide students ...