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Case Closed: A Practical Guide to Mastering Pretrial Advocacy by Veronica J. Finkelstein and Kristin L. Walker is the ideal companion to any pretrial advocacy text, providing a civil, tort-based case file and corresponding practical exercises to enhance skills-based learning of the pretrial process for law students in civil procedure, pretrial advocacy, discovery practice, or litigation skills courses.  

Case Closed immerses students in the pretrial process through a comprehensive, practice-focused approach grounded in a realistic case file. This Practical Guide centers around a simulated personal injury case governed by the Federal Tort Claims Act, allowing students to engage in the practical skills of pretrial advocacy, including interviewing clients, drafting pleadings, conducting depositions, and engaging in settlement negotiations. This hands-on, skills-based approach prepares students not only for the realities of legal practice but also for success on the NextGen Bar Exam. This text is designed as a practical companion for use with any existing pretrial textbook, but its organization in phases of litigation also enables it to be used as a stand-alone text.

Professors and students will benefit from:

• A highly realistic, progressive case file, streamlined to guide students in their development of the necessary skills for a litigator.
• An “à la cart” approach as a companion adaptable to any textbook, allowing professors to choose which exercises to assign, whether they choose to provide a full pretrial simulation or add intermittent formative assessments to a course.
• Easy adaptability of the case file to any jurisdiction, allowing the professor to tailor the experience to student goals.
• Skills-based exercises that prepare students for litigation practice, designed by two experienced litigators with decades of hands-on experience.
• Step-by-step guidance and explanations that help students move from legal theory to practical application.
• Alignment with the goals of the NextGen Bar Exam and modern experiential legal education, enabling students to absorb and experience the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure instead of simply memorizing them.