Author McGregor draws on twenty-three years of teaching legal writing and analysis, as well as fourteen years teaching an academic support program, to present a large body of skill-building assignments and exercises. Clear, explanatory text combines with multiple opportunities to develop core skills, including note taking, briefing, and exam writing. Written with a deep understanding of the emotional and psychological needs of law students, the workbook focuses on the planning, passion, and professionalism necessary to be a successful law student.
Hallmark features:
• Practical workbook focuses on skill development critical for the successful in law student.
• Abundant skill-building exercises and assignments, with answers and models.
• Clear, accessible explanations introduce core skills, such as note taking, briefing, and exam writing.
• Integrates skills training with mentoring to achieve success in law school and beyond.
• Companion website with supplementary exercises.
Summary of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: So You Want to Be a Lawyer? Planning, Passion, and Professionalism
Chapter 2. Overview of the Study of Law
Chapter 3. The Law School Classroom and What to Expect
Chapter 4. Professional Writing
Chapter 5. Preparing for and Taking Law School Examinations
Chapter 6. Lawyers In and Out of the Courtroom
Chapter 7. Keeping Perspective (the Well-Rounded Lawyer)
Chapter 8. Recommended Readings and Online Resources
Deborah B. McGregor is Assistant Director of Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication and Clinical Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, where she has taught legal analysis and communication for both J.D. and international law students; torts for international law students; advanced persuasive writing and oral advocacy for international law students; An Introduction to the American Legal System for international students, and legal process. McGregor also created and ran an academic support program for fourteen years and developed the first writing course for LL.M. students. She developed and coordinates the third semester Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication course, which focuses primarily on transactional drafting. McGregor, a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, began her legal career in private practice, focusing on probate law and estate planning. Thereafter, she taught legal writing at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington before joining the law school faculty in Indianapolis. McGregor was appointed assistant director of the legal writing program in 1991. McGregor is the only legal writing professor to receive the student bar association’s Best New Teacher’s Award. She received Indiana University’s Trustee’s Teaching Award and has twice received both the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award and the Black Law Student Association’s John Morton-Finney/Brenda Elise Bowles Award. McGregor is a member of the American Association of Law Schools Programs for Foreign Lawyers, the Section on International Exchange Programs, the Section on International Law, and the Section on Teaching Methods. McGregor has been an active member of the Legal Writing Institute (a U.S. organization devoted to teaching excellence in legal writing), serving on its Survey Committee, Bar Outreach Committee, and the Committee on Global Legal Writing Programs and its Subcommittee on Teaching Outside the United States. She also served on the Association of Legal Writing Director’s Fellowship Programs Committee. Since 1987 she has given over thirty presentations at regional, national, and international conferences, and has conducted training workshops for law professors in Ukraine and taught LL.M. students in Egypt.
Education
B.A., 1973, University of Evansville
J.D., 1982 Georgetown University Law Center
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