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Bankruptcy: Materials and Cases, 3rd
Primary Author(s): Epstein, David G.
This casebook is written by bankruptcy professors who also serve as bankruptcy judges. Together, the four co-authors have taught bankruptcy courses at more than 20 law schools. Drawing on this experience, they have prepared original text, problems, and edited cases with the goals of introducing students to one new bankruptcy concept at a time; showing students the connections between the various concepts; and giving the students a sense of how these concepts are used not only in bankruptcy cases but also in transactions.
» Casebook Website: www.Epstein-Bankruptcy.com |
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Cases and Materials on Products Liability, 5th
Primary Author(s): Multiple Authors
The material addresses the application of negligence, misrepresentation, and warranty law to products cases. Also addresses various aspects of strict tort liability. Specific topics are broken out to help teachers easily choose among topics. Deals with causation, scope of liability, punitive damages, contribution and indemnity, defenses, and parties and transactions governed by strict liability?covers issues that are relevant to all pertinent theories of recovery.
» Casebook Website: www.ProductsLiabilityCasebook.com |
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Civil Litigation: Case Development and Discovery
Primary Author(s): Roen, Craig & Paulsen, Sharon Reich
Civil Litigation: Pretrial Case Development and Discovery introduces the art and practice of civil litigation. The book begins with a conceptual overview of the litigation process, then takes the reader through the initial client meeting, case planning and management, and the various forms of discovery.
The focus is on how to litigate a case, from conducting pre-litigation investigations, to developing a theory of the case, to creating and executing a coherent discovery plan, as well as employing effective discovery techniques. The book contains real case examples that illustrate how effective litigators address the inevitable challenges litigation presents. It is appropriate for law students and new attorneys, and has all material needed for use in an experiential course on pretrial litigation.
A companion online component contains exemplars of typical litigation documents, such as written discovery, deposition outlines, and motions to compel. There are two case problems for students to “litigate”: a trade secrets dispute and a sexual harassment case, both of which have been vetted and used extensively at the University of Minnesota Law School. A teacher’s manual is available.
» Casebook Website: www.RoenCivilLitigation.com |
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Fundamentals of Pretrial Litigation, 9th
Primary Author(s): Multiple Authors
This trailblazing work, now in its ninth edition, continues to be the standard of pretrial litigation texts. This widely adopted book is used in skills and clinic courses, advanced civil procedure seminars, civil procedure classes, as well as in pretrial litigation classes.
The chapters comprehensively explain case planning, investigation, pleadings, discovery, e-discovery, depositions, interrogatories, document and ESI production, admission requests, sanctions, procedural and dispositive motions, effective motion advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution and settlement methods. These chapters enable students to become highly competent, responsible, and ethical litigators. This benchmark text covers the strategies, tactics, and techniques applicable to pretrial and prehearing practice before judges, arbitrators, and administrative officials. The extensive text provides examples and illustrations of successful litigators.
A new and innovative feature includes web-based electronic documents. Case files involving electronic discovery will be stored on a website that students and the professor have access to. This location contains numerous electronic documents and problems involving electronically stored information. Students will be able to locate, identify, search, and analyze electronic documents to better prepare them for modern litigation experiences. No other law school text provides this type of opportunity and experience.
» Casebook Website: www.FundamentalsPretrialLitigation.com |
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Law in Practice, 2d
Primary Author(s): Cox, Prentiss & Thomas, Laura
The Law in Practice casebook is the primary text for a turnkey course integrating legal doctrine and lawyering skills that has proven to be successful for first and second-year law students. The course material includes multiple options for litigation and transactional simulations, including client and witness interviews, depositions, client counseling sessions, chambers conference, mediation and attorney only negotiating sessions. The casebook is accompanied by four professionally produced videos and extensive case file materials allowing for integration of legal analysis and skills training in one course. The text covers negotiating theories and concepts necessary to effectively conduct interviews and client counseling. The simulation material allows for weekly or periodic downloads of simulation documents that allow students to see the facts shift as the case unfold over time, as occurs in actual practice. Detailed faculty materials provide weekly class plans that track the simulation material and include engaging teaching exercises and multiple choice questions appropriate for “clicker” systems.
» Casebook Website: www.Law-In-Practice.com |
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Learning Professional Responsibility, 2d
Primary Author(s): Christensen, Leah & Holland, Brooks
Learning Professional Responsibility engages students by offering colorful, real-life examples of how the Professional Responsibility rules guide and regulate lawyers in the everyday practice of law. This textbook deconstructs the ethics rules and bypasses long case-law narratives in favor of clear examples and illustrations drawing on ethics opinions, current events and lawyer news, online commentary, and court decisions. This second edition further highlights cutting-edge issues in professional responsibility, including topics such as the scope of representation, the duty of candor, conflicts, and the duty to protect client confidences in electronic formats. This edition continues to provide a comprehensive teacher's manual containing classroom hypotheticals, simulations, writing exercises, quiz questions, PowerPoint slides, video and music recommendations, and other support.
» Casebook Website: www.LearningProfessionalResponsibility.com |
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Legal Writing and Legal Skills for Foreign LL.M. Students
Primary Author(s): Lundquist, Karen
The Legal Writing and Legal Skills textbook is unlike others that you've likely used, and that your students have used as well. The book creates a fictitious world in the state of Jefferson. The students act as associate attorneys working at the law firm of Lincoln, Adams and Washington, representing various business clients. The book will present not just legal writing exercises and opportunities for students to develop their legal writing and legal analysis skills, but also includes many other skills-building exercises such as mock client interviews, mock negotiations, and mock oral arguments. The exercises will help LLM students learn about the law and improve their English.
» Casebook Website: www.LegalWritingForLLMs.com |
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Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, 4th
Primary Author(s): Sepinuck, Stephen L.
A problem-oriented book with selective use of cases, this new text is enhanced by extensive textual explanation and illustration to prepare students to read the code and solve the assigned problems.
To assist students in developing statutory construction skills, several problems require the students to rewrite code provisions and others ask them to imagine a factual scenario to which a particular provision applies.
An in-depth analysis of problems with supporting text in the teacher's manual will be helpful to new and experienced teachers alike.
» Casebook Website: www.SepinuckSecured.com |
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Transactional Skills: How to Structure and Document a Deal, 2d ed.
Primary Author(s): Sepinuck, Stephen L. & Hilson, John F.
This book is an instructional tool designed to train law students and junior associates in the skills needed for successful transactional lawyering. Through carefully designed problems and exercises ? more than 80, which become progressively more challenging by subject ? the first part of the book helps students and associates understand and strategically use the different types of contract terms, translate deal terms to precise contract language, use forms appropriately, and spot and resolve ambiguity. They also practice deal design, conduct due diligence, and negotiate contract language.
The second part of the book consists of four simulated commercial transactions, each of which consists of several parts. In each simulation, the book users further develop their transactional lawyering skills by structuring, negotiating, and documenting a deal on behalf of a one of the parties to the transaction.
» Casebook Website: www.TransactionalSkills.com |
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