Starting Off Right in Law School - Softcover

Nygren, Carolyn J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890898774 ISBN 13: 9780890898772

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press, 1997

Synopsis

The result of eight years of Nygren's work with first-semester students in five different law schools, this book melds information about the legal system usually found in legal methods books with information about study skills usually found in books with a "how to succeed in law school" focus.

The book uses one area of law — the implied warranty of merchantability as it applies to food — to illustrate various legal issues and the skills needed to master them. It introduces basic legal concepts and vocabulary in the context of one hypothetical case, and then focuses on the structure of cases and types of reasoning courts use. When finished with the book, readers will have the background they need in order to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of legal materials.

A teacher's manual is also available.

About this title

About the Author:

Carolyn J. Nygren has been a legal education consultant for Franklin Pierce Law Center, Harvard University Law School, New York University School of Law, Southern New England School of Law, and Suffolk University School of Law.

Before attending law school, she was a member of the faculty in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. She is currently a visiting professor at Stetson University College of Law.

She has a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Harvard University Law School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0890898774
• ISBN 13: 9780890898772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128