Authors: Kenney F. Hegland
ISBN-13: 9780314194152, ISBN-10: 0314194150
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Thomson West
Date Published: June 2008
Edition: 5th Edition
This text will give you a first-day law-school orientation at your own pace. It will thoroughly introduce you to the study and practice of law. It will teach you how to read with sufficient closeness; take exams; cope with the first-year pressures; effectively research, write and argue law; see how a typical case is investigated, plead and tried; and see how to select courses in the second and third years and think about career choices. The text provides the scope and highlights you need to excel in understanding this field. This will enable you to answer exam questions more quickly and accurately, and enhance your skills as an attorney.
Preface | ||
Prologue: Law School: The best of schools, the worse of schools | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | The Second Case in the World | 7 |
Ch. 2 | Legal Analysis Made Simple | 18 |
Ch. 3 | Thoughts on Stare Decisis, Relative Value and Ethics | 40 |
Ch. 4 | Studying Law: Looking Busy is Not Enough | 56 |
Ch. 5 | Reading Cases | 63 |
Ch. 6 | Briefing Cases | 77 |
Ch. 7 | General Study Tips | 97 |
Ch. 8 | Writing Law Exams: The Only Skill Worth Having | 112 |
Ch. 9 | More Stuff on Exams | 139 |
Ch. 10 | Fear and Loathing in the First Year | 150 |
Ch. 11 | The Pretrial Process | 172 |
Ch. 12 | Trials | 198 |
Ch. 13 | Legal Argument (Moot Court) | 221 |
Ch. 14 | Mechanics of Oral Argument | 236 |
Ch. 15 | Legal Research: High Drama in Dull Places | 250 |
Ch. 16 | Legal Writing | 267 |
Ch. 17 | Second and Third Years | 294 |
Ch. 18 | Career Choices | 319 |
Ch. 19 | Lawyers talk about what they do | 343 |
Index | 391 |