Publisher's Synopsis
<p> <b>Synthesis</b> employs a successful step-by-step approach to effective legal reasoning and writing skills, teaching students how to think like a lawyer: how to read the law, how to reason a client’s situation, and how to write about the case in different legal forms. One solid case file—the HomeElderCare case involving the unauthorized practice of law—is used to demonstrate how to carefully analyze a case from the initial client interview through appellate argument. Maintaining a pedagogy designed to teach students in a variety of ways, the text incorporates numerous charts and diagrams for visual learners. Exercises—based on tort law issues that are particularly accessible to first-year students—provide opportunities for active application of skills. Also included is complete coverage of memo and brief writing. <b>Synthesis</b> is accompanied by a Teacher’s Manual that contains additional exercises based on different areas of the first-year curriculum, suggestions for how to most effectively use the book, and sample syllabi. </p> <p> <b>Features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> Utilizes a <b>step-by-step approach</b> <ul> <li> guides students through effective legal reasoning and writing tactics </li> </ul> </li> <li> Teaches how to <b>think like a lawyer</b> <ul> <li> how to read the law </li> <li> how to reason a client’s situation </li> <li> how to write about the situation in different legal forms </li> </ul> </li> <li> Uses <b>one case file</b> <ul> <li> the HomeElderCare case involving the unauthorized practice of law </li> <li> demonstrates how to carefully analyze a case from the initial client interview through appellate argument </li> </ul> </li> <li> Maintains a pedagogy designed to teach in different ways, with <b>numerous charts and diagrams</b> for visual learners </li> <li> Employs vigorous <b>exercises</b> <ul> <li> based on tort law issues particularly accessible to first-year students </li> <li> provides opportunities for active application of skills </li> </ul> </li> <li> Includes a <b>Teacher’s Manual</b> <ul> <li> additional exercises based on different areas of the first-year curriculum </li> <li> suggestions for effectively using the book </li> <li> sample syllabi </li> </ul> </li> <li> Offers complete coverage of <b>memo and brief writing </b> </li> </ul> <p left="10.0" style="margin-left:10.0;"> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>