The Bluebook
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A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.
Introduction to Law for Paralegals
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Balancing practice and theory, this title offers a well-rounded introduction to law and the American legal system. Through hypotheticals, examples, and well-designed questions, the authors engage students in the process of critical thinking and analysis. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear and effective organization--the text is divided into three parts, reflecting the topics addressed in an introductory course: Part I, Paralegals and the American Legal System; Part II, Finding and Analyzing the Law; and Part III, Legal Ethics and Substantive Law.
Introduction to the Study of U. S. Law
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This book is designed to introduce students to the highlights of the first-year curriculum at a U.S. law school. The first chapter provides an overview of the U.S. legal system. The seven chapters that follow focus on basic foundational subjects: constitutional law, civil procedure, contracts, torts, property, criminal procedure, and criminal law, each in a separate chapter. Although the first chapter consists entirely of articles and other commentary, the other seven chapters consist mainly of edited court decisions.All of the chapters contain notes and questions, highlighting important issues for discussion and providing citations to cases, articles, and other materials for more in-depth study.The book is intended for several types of students:First, it is designed for international students who are attending a U.S. law school to pursue an LL.M degree or an S.J.D. degree. This book gives such students the opportunity to take an intensive course on U.S. law, thus enabling them to learn the fundamental concepts before taking upper-division courses.Second, this book is designed for international students who want to learn about U.S. law but who are not planning to attend a U.S. law school. U.S. law professors can teach the course in foreign law schools using this text. Also, foreign professors who have been trained at a U.S. law school can teach U.S. law at their home institutions.Third, the book is designed for an undergraduate pre-law course at a U.S. college or university. Fourth, the book can be used at U.S. schools that train and certify paralegals.All four types of students share a common desire to learn the basics of U.S. law in one course. And all four types will benefit not only from the substantive materials but also from the experience of learning core subject areas.
Legal Research and Writing
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This book introduces readers to the process of legal research and writing with a very readable, yet thorough, step-by-step approach. Students will become proficient in legal research through easy-to-understand text and helpful visual aids, the application of learned concepts to a recurring case study, as well as many practical and engaging problems and fact-based exercises. Utilizing both print and online sources, students will learn how to conduct legal research with maximum results. In short, this book will equip the student with all the necessary tools needed to complete any basic legal research assignment.
LSAT PrepTest 86 Unlocked
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Taking an official LSAC PrepTest is great practice for the LSAT, but reviewing a practice test afterward is where you really improve. Every question and answer choice is discussed, along with detailed strategies for racking up points and exclusive data on student performance identifying the most difficult questions and how PrepTest 86 compares to recent LSAT trends. In addition, you'll see sample sketchwork for logic games and sample roadmaps for reading comprehension passages. If you are new to the LSAT, a glossary offers definitions for terminology that will help you to think like the testmaker.
LSAT Reading Comprehension
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Manhattan Prep's LSAT guides use officially-released LSAT questions and are written by the company's instructors, who have all scored a 172 or higher on the official LSAT--we know how to earn a great score and we know how to teach you to do the same. This guide will train you to approach Reading Comprehension as a law student would approach a legal text. Fully updated for the digital exam.
Civil Litigation
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Practical, easy-to-understand, and thoroughly up-to-date, this proven book helps you grasp the details of today's litigation practice, covers the litigation process in a range of contexts, and demonstrates the relationship of litigation to other legal specialties. Each chapter includes exercises focusing on two cases, giving you the opportunity to work the cases from beginning to end, simulating an on-the-job experience. You'll also find sample documents (such as complaints, answers, interrogatories, and deposition summaries) that familiarize you with the documents you will encounter in the litigation law office.
Real Estate Law
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Discover the legal dynamics behind day-to-day transactions in today's real estate marketplace as Jennings's REAL ESTATE LAW, 12E uses engaging stories and intriguing examples to help you master principles of real estate law. Carefully chosen, reader-friendly cases provide dramatic facts to serve as memory tools in understanding legal concepts. You examine monumental changes in real estate law today as new cases, new laws and current trends bring the law of real estate ownership, transfer and development to life. Study a 30-year series of legal battles between a family that donated land for a city park and officials who want to hold a tennis tournament on the land, or review how Airbnbs have changed zoning laws. Whether you are a future or practicing real estate professional, you learn to recognize, prevent and resolve legal problems related to business and personal real estate law.
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