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Family Law Simulations: Bridge to Practice

1st Edition
Jessica Dixon Weaver | Jamie R. Abrams
ISBN: 9781683289777
Subject: Family Law
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 229
Copyright: 2021 | Status: In Stock
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Family Law Simulations offers versatile, in-depth simulations for an experiential learning, drafting, or lawyering skills course, and can also supplement a traditional family law course. Contemporary fact patterns present students with “bread and butter” lawyering tasks on behalf of a diverse set of clients. Students will interview clients, draft pleadings, conduct discovery, argue motions, negotiate, and mediate. The book further develops a sustained knowledge of the governing ethical rules and explores the interdisciplinary nature of family law and its intersections with other legal specializations. Family Law Simulations is also a uniquely specialized text that focuses on developing cultural competency for lawyers, cultivating a strong professional identity, and honing communication skills with clients. Several fact patterns continue throughout the book to allow students to experience the arc of a family law case. Students represent clients in different states, applying actual family statutes, supplemented by practice guidance materials and independent research. This multifaceted text meets the varied and complex needs of modern family law classrooms.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Bridge to Practice
Publication Date: 02/08/2021
Related Subject(s): Professional Identity Formation

Jessica Dixon Weaver, Southern Methodist University School of Law

Jamie R. Abrams, American University Washington College of Law

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