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Legal Ethics for the Real World: Building Skills Through Case Study

2nd Edition
Renee Knake Jefferson | M. Ellen Murphy
ISBN: 9781685611170
Subject: Professional Resp/Ethics
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 147
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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Turn the dog of the law school curriculum into the delight for students and professors alike! Legal Ethics for the Real World: Building Skills Through Case Study makes any professional responsibility course relevant and lively with ease. With eight chapters based upon real cases, real people, real documents, and real problems, this text incorporates Early Lawyering Literacy skills identified by the authors and recognized widely by the ABA and others. These case studies will aid students’ mastery of core concepts regularly tested on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and encountered in everyday law practice.

This second edition includes updates to all studies as well as a new case study on judicial recusal.

This highly accessible and affordable book can be used on its own or as a supplement to your current casebook as an ideal way to include experiential learning and skills-based exercises into your existing curriculum with minimal time invested in preparation or assessment.

Bring legal ethics to life in a way that enhances your teaching and your students’ understanding by engaging in these real world scenarios!


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: Building Skills Series
Publication Date: 06/01/2022
Related Subject(s): Professional Identity Formation

Renee Knake Jefferson, University of Houston Law Center

M. Ellen Murphy, Wake Forest University School of Law

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This second edition includes updates to all studies as well as a new case study on judicial recusal.

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