Civil Procedure

Each problem/test question is separated into components so students can easily identify the key concepts in Civil Procedure and learn how to apply those concepts in a sophisticated manner on law exams
A self-evaluation section identifies which issues are most often missed on exams, allowing students to master the answers to challenging test questions
Helps students identify the deficiencies in their own answers, allowing them to refine their writing and provide the answers law professors expect on Civil Procedure exams

Students deem Civil Procedure to be one of the hardest classes in law school for good reason. Doctrines from personal jurisdiction to res judicata are difficult to apply to exam fact patterns, and the policies underlying the federal rules can be difficult to grasp. The course is a complex hybrid of common law, statutes, rules, and some constitutional doctrine.

For the first time, Oxford University Press equips students with an accessible guide to acing this most challenging of law school tests. In Civil Procedure: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers, Scott Dodson helps students demonstrate their knowledge of civil procedure in the structured and sophisticated manner that professors expect on law school exams. This book includes clear introductions to the major topics in civil procedure, provides hypotheticals that students can expect to see on an exam, and offers model answers to those hypotheticals. Professor Dodson then gives students the opportunity to evaluate their own work with a comprehensive self-analysis section. This book prepares students by challenging them to use the law they learn in class while also explaining the best way to express an answer on law school exams.