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• Title:Introduction to the study and practice of law in a nutshell / Kenney F. Hegland, James E. Rogers Professor of Law, Emeritus University of Arizona.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hegland, Kenney F., 1940- author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
  ©2017
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF273 .H4 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Study and teaching--United States.
  Practice of law--United States.
  
• Edition:Seventh edition.
  
• Description:xv, 299 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781640201231
  1640201238
  
• Contents:About this book
  About the authors and acknowledgments
  THE BALL : LEGAL ANALYSIS. Introduction
  Your first case
  Your first argument
  Case analysis
  Case synthesis
  Statutes : "are Pringles potato chips?"
  "Oh, no, I forgot ethics"
  Ruminations
  PLAYING BALL : DOING LAW. Introduction
  Cases as puzzles
  Briefs
  Briefs analyzed and much more
  Classes : "what if the dog was an alligator?"
  Study aids, study groups, outlining and messy casebooks
  Fear and loathing in the first year
  GAME DAY : EXAMS. Introduction
  Taking exams : the only skill worth having!
  Practice test
  A tale of two answers
  Multiple-choice exams
  Exams : they weren't bluffing
  LEGAL WRITING AND ORAL ADVOCACY. Introduction
  Stories
  Goals, getting better, and getting started
  SIR transitions and writing tips
  Murder your darlings
  Writing exercises
  "May it please the court"
  gulp
  LITIGATION. Introduction
  Case planning : the interplay of law and fact
  backwards
  Complaints, answers, pretrial motions, and discovery
  Trials
  K v. Landlord, greatest hits
  Oh, one last thing ...
  Index.