Critical Reading for Success in Law School and Beyond

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By Jane Bloom Grise

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Reading cases and statutes is challenging for students and attorneys. However, everybody can learn critical reading strategies and become effective legal readers and advocates. Critical Reading for Success in Law School and Beyond identifies the reading strategies used by expert legal readers and presents the strategies in a systematic sequence. Critical Reading is written in an easy to read style with lots of examples. Readers will learn:

  • the purpose for reading cases,
  • how to read with focus,
  • case structure and important civil and criminal procedure terms,
  • techniques for understanding complex text,
  • strategies for identifying the parts of a case,
  • how to brief a case,
  • legal analysis skills such as analogical reasoning and case synthesis, and
  • strategies for reading statutes.

    The second edition adds chapters that address reading on screens and techniques for reading bar prep materials.

    Critical Reading can be used in law school pre-orientation and orientation programs, academic success courses, bar prep courses, and legal writing and doctrinal classes. It is also useful for legal readers who want to improve their reading efficiency and effectiveness.

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