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Legal Reasoning Case Files, 2nd Ed. (2023), Kris Franklin Jan 2023

Legal Reasoning Case Files, 2nd Ed. (2023), Kris Franklin

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This text provides real-world case files designed to reinforce foundational legal reasoning skills. Students work through practical problems, each of which is set in the context of a different basic law school subject. Commentary throughout the text guides students toward more sophisticated comprehension of the factual and legal materials, and more nuanced legal analysis, all while introducing common forms of practice-based writing.

Each chapter then takes the rules introduced in the case file and illustrates ways they might be applied to an essay examination question and multiple-choice question. Additional practice questions and suggestions for classroom exercises are included in the …


Happy Warriors Against "Herein": 10 Rules For Creating Better Legal Documents, Adam L. Rosman Jul 2016

Happy Warriors Against "Herein": 10 Rules For Creating Better Legal Documents, Adam L. Rosman

Center Projects

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The Lawyer's Guide To Writing Well (Third Edition) (2016), Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman Jan 2016

The Lawyer's Guide To Writing Well (Third Edition) (2016), Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman

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In this critically acclaimed book, Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman demystify legal writing, outline the causes and consequences of poor writing, and prescribe easy-to-apply remedies to improve it. Reflecting changes in law practice over the past decade, this revised edition includes new sections around communicating digitally, getting to the point, and writing persuasively. It also provides an editing checklist, editing exercises with a suggested revision key, usage notes that address common errors, and reference works to further aid your writing. This straightforward guide is an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and law students.


Fight The Hypo: Fake Arguments, Trolleyology, And The Limits Of Hypotheticals, Jethro K. Lieberman Jan 2014

Fight The Hypo: Fake Arguments, Trolleyology, And The Limits Of Hypotheticals, Jethro K. Lieberman

Tribeca Square Press

The hypothetical is the staple of the law school classroom and useful in most intellectual endeavors. But, this inaugural lecture argues, interlocutors frequently misuse and misinterpret responses to hypotheticals because they demand that their respondents accept the “facts” embedded within. This form of argument, dubbed “FAKE” (for “Facts Are Known Exactly”), poses “facts” that are either impossible to accept or highly improbable and that would provoke counterarguments but for the command to accept the facts as hypothesized. The author presents his thesis in part through the lens of recent literature on the ethics of runaway trolley cars (these cases constitute …


The Art Of The Fact: An Afternoon Colloquy In A Tentative Key, Jethro K. Lieberman Jan 1998

The Art Of The Fact: An Afternoon Colloquy In A Tentative Key, Jethro K. Lieberman

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New York Law School Reporter, Vol 11, No. 7, April-May 1996, New York Law School Apr 1996

New York Law School Reporter, Vol 11, No. 7, April-May 1996, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

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New York Law School Reporter, Vol 11, No. 5 February 1996, New York Law School Jan 1996

New York Law School Reporter, Vol 11, No. 5 February 1996, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

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The New York Law School Reporter, V 6, No. 6, May 1989, New York Law School May 1989

The New York Law School Reporter, V 6, No. 6, May 1989, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

Vol 6, no. IV

This Newspaper contains:

Tenure Controversy Escalates, page 1

Public Interest Scholarship Fund Takes Off, page 1

(Almost) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Tenure Process but Were Afraid to Ask, page 4

IRAC, page 5

Muck-Wrestling, page 7

An Assault on Gun Control, page 12

Moot Court Association, page 17


The New York Law School Advocate, September 1982, New York Law School Jan 1982

The New York Law School Advocate, September 1982, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.