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The leader in the field, the third edition has been used at more than 500 paralegal programs. It provides comprehensive, accurate coverage with an emphasis on paralegal skills and techniques. The fourth edition now includes edited cases and is thoroughly updated. State-specific supplements are also available for Texas, California, Florida, and New York. In addition, this comprehensive text can also be used as a desk resource for paralegals on the job.

This is the essentials version of the market leader in family law (Statsky's Family Law, 4th, West, 1996). It is a briefer, less expensive paperback text ideal for shorter courses or for courses that supplement a paperback with state-specific material. Chapters 2-5, most of Chapter 1, all cases, appendices, and assignments that require library research have been eliminated in this version to provide concise, accurate coverage with an emphasis on practical paralegal skills and techniques. State-specific supplements are also available for Texas, New York, California, and Florida. ALSO AVAILABLE California ISBN: 0-314-20594-2 Florida ISBN: 0-314-20595-0 New York ISBN: 0-314-20596-9 Texas ISBN: 0-314-20597-7 Study Guide ISBN: 0-314-20838-0 INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructors Manual(with Test Bank), ISBN: 0-314-20794-5 Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Master the hands-on skills you'll need to succeed in a modern law office with INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGALISM, 8e. Ten critical skills are covered in the book: identifying legal issues, breaking rules into elements, applying rules to facts interviewing clients, investigating facts, digesting discovery documents, providing litigation assistance, researching the law, drafting documents, and representing clients at administrative agencies where authorized by law. Packed with real-life insights and real-world examples, the text helps you understand the ethical guidelines that lawyers and paralegals must follow and covers the efforts underway to regulate the profession in legislatures, courts, bar associations, and paralegal associations

Master the skills you'll need to succeed in a modern law office with Statsky/Tepper's INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGALISM: PERSPECTIVES, PROBLEMS AND SKILLS, 9th Edition. Skills are covered in the book include identifying legal issues, breaking rules into elements, applying rules to facts interviewing clients, investigating facts, digesting discovery documents, litigation assistance, researching the law, drafting documents and representing clients. Insights and examples help you understand ethical guidelines that lawyers and paralegals must follow and cover the efforts to regulate the profession in legislatures, courts and bar and paralegal associations. The use of technology and social media in the legal profession is emphasized, as well as engaging in online exercises geared toward gaining a familiarity with federal and state laws. Graphs illustrate the concepts discussed in the chapter.

ESSENTIALS OF PARALEGALISM, FIFTH EDITION, introduces the beginning paralegal student to this still relatively new legal career. It presents the main regulatory and employment issues in the field, as well as strategies for finding a job. The author provides students with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the field including interviewing, investigation and analysis at an introductory level. Concrete examples from the working lives of on-the-job paralegals help the students get a feel for what they can expect in the work setting. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Ideal for instructors in need of a concise text, ESSENTIALS OF TORTS, Third Edition is a practical and relevant guide for the paralegal as well as for anyone preparing for a career in the field of law. Well-written, logical, and full of interesting and diverse pedagogical material, this text focuses on paralegal roles in tort litigation while providing students with a comprehensive overview of the law of torts. This condensed version of Statsky's TORTS: PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION, Fifth Edition, ESSENTIALS OF TORTS has been thoroughly updated to include topics that are relevant for today's students including the Internet, terrorism, 9/11, and tort liability. Chapter objectives, margin definitions, review questions, and numerous exhibits are included in each chapter and serve to reinforce chapter concepts. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Learn the basics of legal research and writing with this revised edition! Legal Research and Writing, 5E covers the variety of media formats in which modern legal research is performed including the Internet and CD-ROMs. The writing chapters introduce you to letter writing, the memorandum of law, the appellate brief and writing fundamentals needed when preparing any kind of document. Numerous photographs of books, sample pages and computer screens are also included.ALSO AVAILABLEStudy Guide, ISBN: 0-314-12978-2INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDERComputerized Test Bank, ISBN: 0-7668-1254-5Instructor's Manual, ISBN: 0-314-12977-4

Introduction to Paralegalism, seventh edition, explores the dynamic of working in a modern law office setting, and provides new paralegals with the ten critical skills and real-world context necessary to succeed in the field. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

TORTS: PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION, 5TH EDITION, will provide your students with a comprehensive guide to the law of torts. This fifth edition extends the discussion of paralegal roles within tort litigation and examines the ethics of attorney solicitation. A comprehensive checklist, which includes definitions, defenses, relationships, paralegal roles and research references, is provided for each tort presented. This checklist will provide your students with an overview of information and serves as an on-the-job refresher. Over forty pertinent case studies are included, allowing your students to examine important court opinions. Among the controversial issues discussed in these court opinions are AIDS, the Oklahoma bombing, computer torts, assistance to the homeless, billion dollar verdicts and settlements, biomedical research and the alleged tort committed by President Clinton that became part of his historic impeachment and Senate trial. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Introduction to Paralegalism, seventh edition, explores the dynamic of working in a modern law office setting, and provides new paralegals with the ten critical skills and real-world context necessary to succeed in the field.