Fundamentals of Litigation for Paralegals is a popular and widely-respected text that conveys to students a complete understanding of the litigation process, from the time the client walks into the office, through trial and post-judgment, and including settlements and alternative forms of resolutions. Well-adapted to a range of teaching approaches, the revised Seventh Edition focuses on advances in technology and how it is used to support a litigation case. Distinctive features of Fundamentals of Litigation for Paralegals: thorough coverage of the entire litigation process a balanced treatment that presents the litigation process clearly , with accessible and cogent discussion of the litigation rules and procedures a user-friendly organization that lends itself to a variety of teaching approaches and objectives a rich pedagogy that includes bold-faced key terms, a glossary, numerous examples, charts, checklists, sample documents, chapter overviews, summaries, and review questions a litigation file in the appendix provides realistic examples of motions, pleadings, and discovery requests an accompanying workbook on CD reinforces the concepts learned in the book with review questions, case scenarios, and practice forms--the case scenarios support course assignments or may be used by the instructor as case studies in class Thoroughly updated throughout, the Seventh Edition provides: a fresh focus on recent the technological advances used in preparing litigation cases new and updated websites that offer litigation support recent Supreme Court cases and developments in the procedural rules

Product Description: What Judges Want: A Former Judges Guide to Success in Court, a new book by James M. Stanton of the Stanton Law Firm in Dallas. After leaving the civil district bench in Dallas, Stanton began memorializing strategies and tactics that are effective in the courtroom...read more

Product Description: This trailblazing work, now in its Ninth Edition, continues to be the standard of pretrial litigation texts. This widely adopted book is used in skills and clinic courses, advanced civil procedure seminars, civil procedure classes, as well as in pretrial litigation classes...read more

Product Description: Ethics in e-Discovery provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on successfully managing the e-discovery process. Featuring experienced partners from law firms across the nation, these experts guide the reader through emerging research methods and how to utilize new technology while keeping ethical considerations in mind...read more

<p> With its precise and succinct methodology, Mauet’s text has earned widespread popularity and use, edition after edition. </p> <p> <b>The Seventh Edition continues to build on the strengths that have made Pretrial a classic:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>highly distinguished authorship</b>—featuring recognized leading trial expert and renowned legal education author Thomas A. Mauet </li> <li> <b>a clear, concise, and well-organized presentation of pretrial preparation techniques</b> </li> <li> <b>a systematic approach</b> that organizes pretrial planning and preparation into a series of distinct steps that students can readily master </li> <li> <b>sample litigation files from a hypothetical case</b> that constitute <b> examples</b> of <b>documentation</b> and paperwork <b>at every stage</b> of the civil case </li> <li> <b>additional litigation files on an included CD-ROM</b>, with both plaintiff’s and defendant's files for six different civil cases </li> <li> <b>citations to commonly used treatises</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>Featured in the Seventh Edition:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>the electronic discovery rules changes</b>, which became effective with the 12/1/06 adoption of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and their <b> effects on the pretrial process in general and the discovery process in particular</b> </li> <li> the Supreme Court’s decision in <b>Bell Atlantic v. Twombly</b> and its <b> effects on how complaints are drafted</b> </li> <li> the <b>Class Action Fairness Act</b> and how it <b>changes the basis for removing class actions to federal court</b> </li> <li> the most recent <b>statutory changes and cases on the tax consequences of personal injury settlements</b> </li> <li> additional <b>statutory changes and Supreme Court decisions since 2004</b> </li> </ul> <p> Show your students how to prepare for and conduct civil litigation effectively, with Thomas Mauet’s highly regarded <b>Pretrial</b>—now in its <b>Seventh Edition.</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Product Description: Writing for Litigation offers in-depth coverage and helpful tips for every type of document associated with the life of a case, from the client engagement letter to motions, discovery, client communications, affidavits, and more. Systematically examining each document and its constituent parts, this remarkably concise text explains how audience, purpose, and strategy determine the content and tone of effective writing...read more

Product Description: Trial and appellate lawyers face numerous professional responsibility challenges. These problems often arise suddenly or in circumstances that are at best difficult. The chapters of Professional Responsibility in Litigation are organized by tracing the life of a lawsuit from start to finish...read more

Product Description: This engaging book is your battle manual for the art of war in the legal arena. Chris Scott Graham shares the skills you'll need―developed and honed by trial lawyers over the years―to succeed in the battles you'll undertake on behalf of your clients...read more