Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing (Legal Research and Writing)

Schmedemann, Deborah A.,Kuntz, Christina L.

ISBN 10: 0735562830 / ISBN 13: 9780735562837

Published by Aspen Law & Business, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing (Legal Research and Writing)
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735562830
• ISBN 13: 9780735562837
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

An abundance of solid features makes this text a dependable choice for your classroom: - Utilizes a step-by-step approach to help guide students to understanding effective legal reasoning and writing tactics - Teaches students how to think like a lawyer, discussing key topics such as how to read the law, how to reason about a client's situation, and how to write about it in different legal forms - Uses one case file -- the Home-ElderCare case involving the unauthorized practice of law -- to demonstrate how to carefully analyze a case from the initial client interview through appellate argument - Maintains a pedagogy designed to reach those who learn in different ways, incorporating numerous charts and diagrams for visual learners - Integrates exercises throughout the book -- based on a tort law issue that is particularly understandable for first-year students -- to provide opportunities for active application of skills - Includes a Teacher's Manual that contains additional exercises based on different areas of the first-year curriculum, suggestions for how to use the book effectively, and sample syllabi Thoughtful changes to the Third Edition keep the text current for your classroom: - Offers more consideration to transaction-based memos and advice letters - Integrates material on premediation submissions - Includes additional material on pleadings (complaints, answers, and discovery documents) - Provides updated exercises and citation materials