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U. S. Legal Practice Skills for International Law Students by
From book description: Introduction to legal practice and civil litigation. Introduction to U.S. legal practice skills for international law students -- Introduction to civil litigation -- Introduction to U.S. law and reasoning. Introduction to U.S. law -- Introduction to legal reasoning -- Writing skills : objective legal writing and the office memorandum. Synthesis and the evolving common law -- Organization of an objective legal analysis -- The office memorandum -- Practice skills : professional responsibility, client communications, and problem solving. Professional responsibilities of lawyers in the U.S. -- Client communication and problem solving skills -- Practice skills : interviewing and counseling. Client interviewing -- Client counseling --Writing and practice skills : letter writing and electronic communications. Letter writing -- Electronic communications -- Writing skills : transactional drafting. Introduction to contract drafting -- Drafting the contract -- Practice skills : alternative dispute resolution and negotiation and settlement. Alternative dispute resolution -- Negotiation and settlement -- Practice skills : law firm and courtroom culture and practice. Law firm culture and practice -- Courtroom culture and practice.
U.S. Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Practice for International Lawyers by
This comprehensive legal writing text for international LL.M. students reflects the author's experience as a lawyer, professor of legal writing to international LL.M. students, and applied linguist who taught academic English as a Second Language to international university students. The book has a unique set of features: It introduces the common-law system in the U.S. and contrasts it with the civil-law system, while teaching legal reasoning and writing skills that international students need, such as how to draft memos, contracts, emails, and letters to clients, opposing counsel, and colleagues, as well as how to do legal research; It teaches law-school skills such as how to read cases and write case briefs and outlines, and how to take final exams; It helps students to address their second-language difficulties with targeted material that provides specific advice related to common student grammar issues, legal English vocabulary, the use of plain English, and the rhetorical style of U.S. legal writing; It discusses current legal practice, by describing the culture, hierarchy, and economics of law firms, what partners expect from associates, and how to communicate with colleagues; and It provides an extensive selection of real writing samples redacted from actual attorney work product. The eBook version of this title features links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options. PowerPoint slides are available to professors upon adoption of this book. Dowload sample slides from the full 119-slide presentation here. If you have adopted the book for a course, please contact bhall@cap-press.com to request the PowerPoint slides.
Trial Techniques and Trials by
By far the most thorough and detailed of the books in the field, Trial Techniques and Trials is a comprehensive yet concise handbook that covers all aspects of the trial process and provides excellent examples illustrating strategies for opening statements, jury selection, direct- and cross-examination, exhibits, objections, and more. Extensive examples are clustered into three groups: personal injury, commercial, and criminal for ease in finding particular areas of trial practice. Tom Mauet and Steve Easton, renowned for their skills both as writers and trial attorneys, break the trial process down into its critical components for better and quicker comprehension by students and practicing attorneys who have little or no trial experience. New to the Eleventh Edition: Updates regarding recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence Additional emphasis on presenting evidence and argument visually, not just orally, for modern juries Coverage of additional aspects of trial including site visits and foundation battles over emails and other electronic communications Professors and students will benefit from: Integrated discussion of the strategy and psychology of persuasion--particularly regarding jury selection, opening statements, and closing arguments Numerous illustrations from tort cases, criminal cases, and commercial trials Broad and flexible examples that allow readers to focus on either the plaintiff's or the defendant's side of the case--or both Logical organization that follows the chronology of a trial process A companion website with additional examples, a trial notebook, and other tools for trial lawyers Video lectures about critical trial moments Video demonstrations of effective trial advocacy, including a complete jury trial Extensive supplemental materials available on the book's Connected Casebook resource page
Trial and Lawyering Skills in a Nutshell by
A short, funny, insightful, and occasionally philosophical guide to what you'll need to know, planning and conducting trials, interviewing and counseling clients, negotiating cases and drafting deals, writing briefs and making oral arguments, solving problems and telling stories and using your computer to make you a better lawyer. And some good poems and bad jokes.