Litigation Paralegal: A Systems Approach Workbook

McCord, James W. H.

ISBN 10: 0314207023 ISBN 13: 9780314207029

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1997

Synopsis

Takes a task-oriented (competency-based) approach throughout, walking students through each state of pre-trial preparation and trial. Students draft documents based on a hypothetical law suit and can build an optional detailed systems manual containing forms, documents, and checklists. Thoroughly updated throughout to reflect the most recent changes in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on Service of Process and Discovery. Also includes updated information on technology to include the most recent applications, software, and Internet resources. The text emphasizes the student's state practice in addition to federal practice.

About this title

About the Author

James McCord is an experienced trial attorney in criminal law, professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a member of the Wisconsin and Kentucky Bar Associations. A frequent speaker at legal conferences, he is the author of several books and articles on the paralegal profession and practice. Professor McCord is a past president of the American Association for Paralegal Education, a former member of the American Bar Association Legal Assistant Program Approval Commission, and included in "Who's Who in Law."

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0314207023
• ISBN 13: 9780314207029
• Binding: CD-ROM
• Edition number: 3