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Client-Centered Legal Analysis

1st Edition
Joni Wiredu | Steven Foster
ISBN: 9798895454787
Subject: Academic Success
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 293
Copyright: 2025 | Status: Accepting Pre-Orders
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Client-Centered Legal Analysis bridges the gap between traditional law school instruction and real-world legal practice. While conventional legal education relies heavily on reading appellate opinions and analyzing hypothetical scenarios, students are often left wondering how these academic exercises translate into practical lawyering skills. This book makes that connection explicit by linking the classic methods of legal education to both effective client advocacy and success on the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam.

Each chapter presents a simulated client scenario and culminates in a realistic lawyering task, such as drafting an advice letter, preparing for a negotiation, or editing a client document. Instead of abstract fact patterns, the book uses client-style documents such as emails, memos, reports, and contracts to ground students in the kinds of materials lawyers will actually encounter. Throughout, the book provides step-by-step instruction in key skills, helping students understand not just what to do, but why it matters in the context of client representation.

Courses using this text can teach the following foundational lawyering skills through simulated client interactions:

  • Case Reading & Briefing
  • Rule Synthesis & Outlining
  • Issue Spotting & Rule-Based Reasoning
  • Analogical & Policy-Based Argument
  • Essay Exam Writing (IRAC, CREAC, etc.)
  • Basic Negotiation & Client Counseling
  • Legal Document Editing
Additionally, the book introduces students to integrated, cross-subject questions modeled after the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, ensuring they are not only bar-ready but also practice-ready. Client-Centered Legal Analysis helps students understand the purpose behind legal analysis and equips them with the tools they need to succeed in law school, on the bar exam, and in their future legal careers.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Coursebook
Publication Date: 08/25/2025
Related Subject(s): Law School Success, Lawyering Skills

Joni Wiredu, American University Washington College of Law

Steven Foster, Oklahoma City University School of Law

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