Teaching Law

This three-part textbook is used nationally by legal practice professors, law librarians, and others to teach first-year legal practice courses, upper-class research classes, advanced writing courses, and LLM courses. It is divided into three sections—Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Grammar & Citation—and contains study aid material, quizzes, self-assessments, annotated samples, video testimonials, and other interactive material to teach students legal research strategies and writing techniques. It is updated each year to address upgrades on the three major legal research platforms (Westlaw, Lexis, & Bloomberg Law), as well as new editions of the Bluebook and ALWD.

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This online textbook serves as an introduction to U.S. law school culture. It is designed to be used in courses for international students, orientation programs, or in introductory courses to help students become familiar with U.S. law schools. The materials are also designed for courses that fulfill the N.Y. Board of Law Examiner’s requirement that LL.M. students must take a two-credit course “on American legal studies, the American legal system, or a similar course designed to introduce students to U.S. law.” The first unit of the book provides an overall framework of the U.S. legal education system, addresses the conventions of the U.S. law school classroom, and provides resources for students seeking help while in law school. The second unit addresses expectations specific to writing courses, focusing on organizational and analytical techniques, the writing process, and information about first-year and upper-class writing courses and documents. The third unit provides casebook materials on first-year and bar exam subjects.

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These materials support a simulation course in which students investigate a potential violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This course book introduces students to the FCPA and provides skills primers on interviewing a witness and counseling a client. The FPCA materials summarize liability and damages provisions of the statute, address the circumstances leading to the passage of the statute and its amendment, and inform students about recent DOJ and SEC enforcement trends. In addition, the FCPA materials contain a closed-packet universe of legal material addressing the “foreign official” element of the statute and the question whether charitable contributions can violate the act. By participating in this highly dynamic and realistic course, students will not only learn about the FCPA, but they will also engage in essential lawyering skills, including fact development and analysis, interviewing, counseling, team building, project management, and problem-solving.

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