process, from the time the client walks into the office, through trial and post-judgment, and including settlements and alternative forms of resolutions. Well-adapted to a range of teaching approaches, the revised Seventh Edition focuses on advances in technology and how it is used to support a litigation case. Distinctive features of Fundamentals of Litigation for Paralegals: thorough coverage of the entire litigation process a balanced treatment that presents the litigation process clearly , with accessible and cogent discussion of the litigation rules and procedures a user-friendly organization that lends itself to a variety of teaching approaches and objectives a rich pedagogy that includes bold-faced key terms, a glossary, numerous examples, charts, checklists, sample documents, chapter overviews, summaries, and review questions a litigation file in the appendix provides realistic examples of motions, pleadings, and discovery requests an accompanying workbook on CD reinforces the concepts learned in the book with review questions, case scenarios, and practice forms--the case scenarios support course assignments or may be used by the instructor as case studies in class Thoroughly updated throughout, the Seventh Edition provides: a fresh focus on recent the technological advances used in preparing litigation cases new and updated websites that offer litigation support recent Supreme Court cases and developments in the procedural rules

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