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Author Hricik, David

Title Law School Basics : a Preview of Law School and Legal Reasoning
Published Los Angeles : Nova Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (203 pages)
Contents Preliminaries -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- I INTRODUCTION -- II AN OVERVIEW OF LAW SCHOOL -- III THE UNITED STATES LEGAL SYSTEM -- IV THE COMMON LAW REASONING PROCESS -- V WHY LAW SCHOOL IS STRUCTURED LIKE IT IS -- VI TIME OUT -- VII THE LEGAL RESEARCH PROCESS -- VIII HINTS FOR BETTER LEGAL RESEARCH -- IX THE STEP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND WRITING -- X LEGAL WRITING HOW LAWYERS WRITE ABOUT CASES -- XI BLUEBOOKING -- XII WRITING HINTS -- XIII CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A Employment Law Outline -- APPENDIX B Legal Ethics Outline -- APPENDIX C Administrative Law Outline -- APPENDIX D WNS Inc v Farrow
Summary Law school has the reputation of being one of the hardest academic programs. It is a reputation well earned. However, Law School Basics is chock-full of insights and strategies that will prepare you well and give you a head start on the competition. Law School Basics presents a thorough overview of law school, legal reasoning, and legal writing. It was written for those who are considering law school; for those who are about to start law school; and for those who are interested in knowing more about lawyering and the legal process. Law School Basics was written with one overriding goal: to enl
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Subject Law -- United States -- Methodology
Legal composition.
Legal research -- United States
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Law -- Methodology
Law -- Study and teaching
Legal composition
Legal research
United States
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
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