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Forum (Forum & Focus)

Sep. 22, 2008

Case (books) Closed?

Instead of hiding the black letter law in an ancient case, professors should do something revolutionary — simply tell their students what the black letter law is, writes Matt Valenti. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Matt Valenti

While I was sitting in the chambers of a local judge recently, something on his bookshelf caught my attention.

I was there for a case management conference, and while we discussed discovery issues, motion hearings and trial dates, I couldn't help but notice that the judge had a complete set of the Rutter Group's California Practice Guides.

Nothing remarkable in that, you might say - and you're right. T...

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