The New 1L: First-Year Lawyering with Clients

by Nantiya Ruan, Eduardo R.C. Capulong, Michael A. Millemann, et al.

In The New 1L, leading teachers in the field describe how, in the first year of legal education, they teach students to act, as well as think, like lawyers. In their courses, clients are central not extraneous. Working under a lawyer's supervision, students interview clients, conduct factual investigations, draft pleadings, and write memoranda and briefs. The authors argue that, in isolation, theory and practice are incomplete, and first-year educators...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611636671
• ISBN13: 9781611636673
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"