Textbooks

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Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals, Sixth Edition, teaches students the skills they need to effectively work with cases, legal authorities, documents, and professional correspondence. Samborn and Yelin guide students through the writing process, using the objective memo as a teaching tool. At every stage of a well-defined writing process, the authors provide lucid explanations, visual aids, and plenty of examples. With practice exercises throughout the book, students can develop the skills that will become indispensable to their careers as paralegals.

New to the Sixth Edition:

New and refreshed exercises

Streamlined presentation, making the material even more accessible and teachable

Updated website resources

Revised and updated chapter on Case Briefing and Analysis

Expanded coverage of email and e-memos

Professors and students will benefit from:

Thorough and readable coverage of case briefs, legal memoranda, correspondence, and persuasive writing

A practical approach that emphasizes the role of the paralegal, and how different types of legal writing are used in practice

Step-by-step instruction that guides students through every stage of the writing process, from pre-writing planning to drafting and revising

An overview of the legal system that shows how different forms of legal writing are used in different contexts

Synthesizing and presenting legal authorities

How to use the IRAC method of legal analysis

Examples, exhibits, writing tips, exercises, ethics alerts, practice pointers, and web resources

Additional student resources in its appendices on citation rules and writing strategies

Start speaking Russian today!
Now
in an updated second edition, Beginner's Russian with Interactive Online
Workbook offers an innovative, easy, and thorough way to speak, and
read Russian confidently. This complete Russian course includes a user-friendly
textbook and interactive online workbook. The carefully-paced, relevant lessons
cover grammar and language basics in the context of everyday situations related
to family, jobs, introductions, dining out, the Internet, and much more. The
chapters are designed for the beginning student, and are full of photos,
cartoons, games, and exercises alongside easy-to-understand lessons.
This new edition includes updated vocabulary to reflect ongoing changes in contemporary Russian culture and society, new speaking and writing activities that allow students to interact with technology and media, and new individual and group projects and oral presentations to engage learners' creativity and help them develop communicative competency.
In
addition to the book, you have access to an interactive website full of videos,
audio, and self-correcting exercises. The enriching material on the website
reinforces the basics of the lessons in the book, helping you acquire Russian
skills in a natural, engaging way.


Thorough explanations and instructions offer a gradual
introduction to the language, Cyrillic alphabet, and grammar
An interactive website features correct pronunciation
by native speakers and helps learners start speaking Russian right away
Ideal for individual self-study or classroom use
Each chapter will take 5-6 hours of classroom instruction,
or approximately 10-12 hours of study for the independent learner.
Students should be able to attain the ACTFL Novice High
or Intermediate Low levels of proficiency by the end of the course

The short-stroy form continues to be a rich and fertile vein of literary expression. Collected in this remarkable volume are twenty renowned writers of the modern age who brilliantly mastered the distinctive power and beauty of the form--each bringing his or her own unique vision to the page. This powerful collection includes the work of: Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekov, Joseph Conrad, Shirley Jackson, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Lionel Trilling, and many more.