Pretrial [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Coursebook Series)

Book Synopsis: Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes—portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. This clear and concise book organizes pretrial planning into a series of steps students can easily master. Ordinary law school classes give students very few opportunities to learn about how lawyers prepare and manage cases. Pretrial introduces students to all aspects of case development, litigation, and settlement, ranging from the initial client interview to the analysis of settlement strategy and terms. It provides sample documentation for each stage of the civil case. An invaluable text for law students, Pretrial also gives new lawyers straightforward instruction as they immerse themselves in the real world of litigation practice.

New to the Tenth Edition:

• Extensive updates to the chapter on Discovery to account for extensive and important changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 2015
• Cutting-edge advice on the management of e-discovery
• Revisions to the law of personal jurisdiction and class actions
• Updates throughout the text to address innumerable issues that affect litigation, ranging from the taxation of settlements to the doctrine regulating pleading

Professors and students will benefit from:

• The only single-volume text to combine no-nonsense instruction in civil procedure with detailed but straightforward how-to lessons for civil litigation
• Authorship by the founder of the trial practice curriculum in American law schools, and revision by a nationally recognized expert in civil procedure
• No jargon, with an eye toward what litigators need to know on a day-to-day basis for their practices

CasebookConnect features:

• ONLINE E-BOOK

Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics.

• PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time.

• OUTLINE TOOL

Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.