Legal Skills & Ethics 2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS NEW EDITION OF BESTSELLER
NEW EDITION OF BESTSELLER
IMPECCABLE RESEARCH
1L OF A RIDE A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School, Fourth Edition Andrew J. McClurg
Career Guides Provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial first year. Combines comments from hundreds of law students, empirical research, and authentic samples of signature documents from the first year experience. West Academic Publishing
Jan 2022 235pp 9781642427967 Paperback US$63.00
Coursebook Series Unlike conventional legal research books that limit their focus to teaching students how to find and use the various sources of law, this book stresses a systematic, practice-oriented approach to acquiring legal-research skills. It presents a highly effective research strategy that helps students efficiently solve complex legal-research problems. West Academic Publishing
CRACKING THE CASE METHOD
GARNER’S COURSEBOOK ON DRAFTING & EDITING CONTRACTS
Paul Bergman, Patrick Goodman & Thomas Holm
2020 702pp 9781684670284 Paperback US$94.00
BESTSELLER
Legal Analysis for Law School Success, Second Edition 2017 281pp 9781640202016 Paperback US$47.00
Bryan A. Garner
Coursebook Series
Provides indispensable information to anybody who is considering applying to law school, preparing for their first year, or who currently is in law school.
Draws on Bryan Garner’s more than 30 years of experience in teaching contract drafting and in consulting on contracts for multinational companies. With 150 blackletter principles, Garner explains how to prepare contracts that are both precise and readable.
West Academic Publishing
West Academic Publishing
Career Guides
FINANCE FOR LAWYERS Steven J. Willis
2020 552pp 9781684675685 Paperback US$164.00
American Casebook Series
THE REDBOOK A Manual on Legal Style, Fourth Edition Bryan A. Garner
A Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills, Third Edition Mark K. Osbeck
Sep 2021 567pp 9781684679386 Paperback US$41.00 9781684679393 Paperback with Video Course US$41.00
KEY BESTSELLER
NEW
INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL METHOD AND PROCESS Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition Jessica Berch & Amy Langenfeld Nov 2021 690pp 9781684677634 Hardback US$165.00
2018 728pp 9781642421002 Paperback US$58.00 9781642422689 Paperback with Quizzing US$69.00
Coursebook Series An indispensable writing guide for students that has established itself as the go-to source for all questions of legal style. The Redbook is a writing manual that belongs on every law student’s desk. It guides students through the writing of all course assignments, law-review work, summer clerkships and associateships, and it remains an indispensable guide in their professional careers. West Academic Publishing
NEW
LEGAL CITATION IN A NUTSHELL Third Edition Larry L. Teply Nov 2021 489pp 9781647087487 Paperback US$52.00
Nutshell Series
Learning legal citation is one of the difficult tasks that students new to the law face. This book is designed to ease that task. It initially focuses on conventions that underlie all accepted forms and systems of legal citation. Building on that, the book then discusses and illustrates rules of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Guide. West Academic Publishing
LEGAL DRAFTING IN A NUTSHELL Fifth Edition
George W. Kuney & Donna C. Looper 2020 546pp 9781684675289 Paperback US$52.00
Covers financial calculations which lawyers commonly use: present and future values, annuities, and sinking funds. The book, extensive glossary, calculators and available slides are designed for students new to finance, though more experienced students will also find them useful.
American Casebook Series
Nutshell Series
An innovative casebook on legal method and process that introduces students to the synthesis of judicial opinions, analysis of statutory issues, and the role of the lawyer, the courts, and the legislature in conflict resolution. This book challenges students with diverse topics in civil procedure, torts, and criminal law.
West Academic Publishing
Provides guidance on producing transactional documents, contracts, instruments, legislation, and regulations that solve existing problems and prevent future problems. This book provides both a large scale, macro overview of the drafting process as well as small scale, micro focused discussion of the mechanics of legal documents.
West Academic Publishing
West Academic Publishing
Legal Writing
LEGAL METHODS
Case Analysis and Statutory Interpretation, Fifth Edition Jane C. Ginsburg & David S. Louk 2020 709pp 9781683289975 Hardback US$234.00
University Casebook Series
This updated casebook serves a course in introduction to legal reasoning. It introduces the legal methods of case law analysis and statutory interpretation. Students should acquire the techniques of close reading, analogising, distinguishing, positing related fact patterns, and criticising judicial and legislative exposition and logic. Foundation Press
ACADEMIC LEGAL WRITING
University Casebook Series
Designed to help law students write and publish articles, this text provides detailed instructions for every aspect of the law school writing, research, and publication process. Foundation Press
Michael D. Murray & Christy H. DeSanctis
Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court, Third Edition Nov 2021 800pp 9781684675401 Paperback US$98.00
Coursebook Series
Designed for second semester and upper-division advanced writing courses involving advocacy and oral argument at the trial or appellate levels and in moot court competitions. Foundation Press
EFFECTIVE LEGAL WRITING A Guide for Students and Practitioners, Second Edition
West Academic Publishing
A SHORT & HAPPY GUIDE TO BEING A LAWYER Second Edition
Apr 2021 192pp 9781647084127 Paperback US$23.00
Short & Happy Guides
Offers a concise and entertaining tour of some basic lawyering skills for law students and new lawyers. West Academic Publishing NEW
Interactive Casebook Series
Designed for first-year law students in a legal research and writing course, this text is grounded in rhetorical theory but written in accessible prose and a casual tone. West Academic Publishing
Jun 2021 459pp 9781647086435 Paperback US$52.00
Kenney F. Hegland & Paul D. Bennett
Sep 2021 624pp 9781647084202 CasebookPlus US$102.00
2016 441pp 9781634598880 Paperback US$65.00
ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING AND ORAL ADVOCACY
The definitive guide to the brave new world of remote advocacy for trial and appellate practitioners, law students and recent law grads. Full of insights and tips to help you be the best advocate you can be in remote proceedings of all types, including remote courtrooms, arbitrations, mediations, appellate practice, depositions, and other forums.
Kristen Konrad Tiscione
Eugene Volokh
NEW
Nutshell Series
From Advice to Advocacy, A Contemporary Approach
Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review, Fifth Edition
REMOTE ADVOCACY IN A NUTSHELL
Tracy Walters McCormack
LEGAL WRITING
BESTSELLER
LEGAL WRITING AND ANALYSIS Third Edition
Michael D. Murray & Christy H. DeSanctis Sep 2021 492pp 9781684675388 Paperback US$159.00
Coursebook Series
Communicating about the law in writing, whether in emails, texts, or in team and group settings, will only increase in importance when there are fewer opportunities to explain yourself orally and in-person to clients, colleagues, bosses, and other decision makers. The authors have adapted and updated this text with these developments in mind. Foundation Press BESTSELLER
WRITING AND ANALYSIS IN THE LAW
Seventh Edition
Douglas E. Abrams
Helene S. Shapo, Marilyn R. Walter & Elizabeth Fajans
Jan 2021 181pp 9781647087456 Paperback US$43.00
2018 560pp 9781683282372 Paperback US$142.00
Coursebook Series
This compact book provides lessons ideal for Legal Research and Writing courses, upper class writing courses, and lawyers who wish to continue professional development. West Academic Publishing BESTSELLER
GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & STYLE
Coursebook Series
Provides a guide to legal writing, focusing on the importance of thoughtful, thorough analysis and clear organisation in written communications. This book introduces law students to analysing and writing about legal authority in cases and statutes. Foundation Press BESTSELLER
WRITING FOR LAW PRACTICE
A WEEKLY GUIDE TO BEING A MODEL LAW STUDENT
A Quick Guide for Lawyers and Other Writers
Alex Ruskell
2013 176pp 9780314288073 Paperback US$16.00
2015 677pp 9781609304447 Paperback US$113.00
Career Guides
University Casebook Series
A guide that is easy-to-read for all types of writers and includes notes for legal professionals. This book contains rules of grammar and punctuation, with examples; key grammatical terms necessary for understanding rules’ citations to grammatical and legal sources; style tips; and self-test exercises and answers.
Organises documents into three sections that correspond to the three major modes of written communication in the law - Litigating, Informing and Persuading, and Rule-making. Part one focuses on pleadings and motions; part two covers letters, memos, trial and appellate briefs, and judicial opinions; and part three covers contracts, legislation, and wills.
West Academic Publishing
Foundation Press
Second Edition
Nov 2021 311pp 9781636592961 Paperback US$48.00
Career Guides
Gives law students weekly checklists explaining the skills necessary to successfully navigate their first year of law school. Each chapter provides a checklist of things to do that week, such as briefing cases, going over notes, or doing practice questions. West Academic Publishing
Deborah Cupples & Margaret Temple-Smith
Advanced Legal Writing, Third Edition Elizabeth Fajans, Mary R. Falk & Helene S. Shapo
Legal Research PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
NEW
BEYOND THE RULES
A Contemporary Approach, Fourth Edition
Behavioral Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Catherine Gage O’Grady & Tigran W. Eldred
Renee Knake Jefferson et al
Nov 2021 195pp 9781642429947 Paperback US$65.00
2020 1,000pp 9781642422856 CasebookPlus US$255.00
Coursebook Series
Brings behavioural insights to the array of topics taught in the required professional responsibility course, including admission to the practice of law, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, representing entities, prosecutorial and criminal defence ethics, litigation and negotiation ethics, and managerial and subordinate responsibilities. West Academic Publishing
LEGAL ETHICS
Interactive Casebook Series
Offers a comprehensive, challenging, and engaging treatment of the law and ethics of lawyers’ work, including professionalism, in a modern and accessible format. This is the only book to include international comparisons throughout the book and an entire chapter devoted to exploring lawyering perspectives.
NEW EDITION OF BESTSELLER
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH IN A NUTSHELL Third Edition
Marci B. Hoffman Sep 2021 346pp 9781684675845 Paperback US$52.00
Nutshell Series
Offers guidance through the unfamiliar pathways of research using international and non-US legal materials, and demystifies the world of treaties and international case law. West Academic Publishing
LEGAL RESEARCH IN A NUTSHELL
Fourteenth Edition Kent C. Olson Sep 2021 346pp 9781636590639 Paperback US$52.00
West Academic Publishing
Eighth Edition
Deborah L. Rhode et al
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
2020 1,126pp 9781642426892 Hardback US$250.00 9781684676514 CasebookPlus US$270.00
Standards, Rules, and Statutes, 2021-2022
University Casebook Series
Combining rigorous analysis of the professional rules of lawyer conduct with extensive interdisciplinary materials on the legal profession and ethics, this casebook offers a unique perspective on the professional challenges facing contemporary lawyers, and their opportunity to promote the public good. Foundation Press
PROBLEMS IN LEGAL ETHICS Thirteenth Edition
Mortimer D. Schwartz et al 2020 487pp 9781647082581 Hardback US$235.00 9781647084493 CasebookPlus US$255.00
American Casebook Series
While retaining its problem-centred focus, this new edition integrates new cases, as well as additional formal ethics opinions, new discussion problems, and new multiplechoice questions. This volume will help ensure that students understand the ethical responsibilities and potential ethical pitfalls encountered in the practice of law.
Selected and edited by John S. Dzienkowski Sep 2021 1,263pp 9781647088514 Paperback US$65.00
Abridged
Sep 2021 610pp 9781647088521 Paperback US$57.00
Selected Statutes
Includes the Annotated American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, selected state modifications to the ABA Model Rules, the California Rules of Professional Conduct, the New York’s Code of Professional Responsibility, the 2001 version of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and more. West Academic Publishing
West Academic Publishing
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Nutshell Series
This comprehensive but succinct guide covers research procedures using major online services, free Internet resources, and library materials. West Academic Publishing
PRINCIPLES OF LEGAL RESEARCH Third Edition
Kent C. Olson, Aaron S. Kirschenfeld & Ingrid Mattson 2020 584pp 9781640208056 Paperback US$60.00
Concise Hornbook Series
Provides comprehensive yet concise coverage of research methods in both online and printed resources. West Academic Publishing NEW
A SHORT & HAPPY GUIDE TO ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH Second Edition Ann Walsh Long Nov 2021 215pp 9781684675456 Paperback US$23.00
Short & Happy Guides
Compares free and fee-based legal research resources for each stage of civil litigation. West Academic Publishing
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