Litigation Process Flowchart

Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth

Synthesis

Written by two authors of the Process of Legal Research, this new text, SYNTHESIS, explores how legal reading and reasoning culminate in written and oral legal work-th-office memo, The advice letter and advocacy in trial and appellate courts. This book contains: charts and diagrams to assist people who learn and think visually exercises (on a torts topic) that bring students from passive understanding to active application of skills examples througout the text drawn from an unfoling client situation involiving the unauthorized practice of law and contracts a 'case file' on that client situation with copies and briefs of pertinent authorities and sources, sample writings (two office memos, An advice letter, two motion practice memos, and two appellate briefs), and a transcript of an appellate oral argument incorporation of ethical principles discussion of 'civics' topics, such as federalism and retroactivity, througout the text. (In Legal Writing courses that do not include a motion practice memo or a client letter, professors can omit a single chapter without any loss or coverage on other topics.) Illustrative topics include the structure of legal rules; two means of 'briefing' a statute; reading commentary; stakeholder analysis used to derive underlying policies; organization at the large-, middle-, and small-scale levels; And The 'theory of the case' in advocacy. The Teacher's Manual contains additional exercises, answers to exercises, suggestions about how to use the book effectively, and a sample schedule showing the interaction between the two sister text in an integrated Legal Writing and Research course. Before you choose a text for your next Legal Writing class, treat yourself to a careful examination of this exciting new text, SYNTHESIS: Legal Reading, Reasoning, and Writing. Take advantage of a carefully crafted book, written by respected authors with decades of classroom experience.

Civil Procedure Supplement

This supplement contains the federal statutes and rules governing procedure, along with comparative state provisions. In some cases other materials, such as notes of advisory committees, are included. The supplement also includes an illustrative problem with sample documents and a litigation flowchart.