Medill’s first book in Developing Skills series published, receives positive review

Professor Colleen Medill
Professor Colleen Medill

Professor Colleen Medill is the creator and series editor for a new series of books designed to teach professional skills to law students. The first book of the series, Developing Professional Skills: Property, was written by Medill and published by West in November 2011, and has already received positive feedback (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/2012/01/medill-on-developing-professional-skills-in-property.html). The book series is designed to teach professional skills to students in Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Individual Income Tax, Corporations, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate Transactions and Finance, Employment/Employment Discrimination Law, Family Law, Criminal Procedure, and Intellectual Property. Each book will contain ten chapters that are designed to teach four basic skills (client counseling, legal drafting, negotiation and advocacy). The chapter exercises also incorporate professional responsibility concepts and issues within the context of the exercise.