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Preparing future paralegals for success in any legal environment
Written by an award-winning team, Revel^® The Paralegal Professional delivers the conceptual knowledge, analytical skills, and ethical understanding students need to succeed as paralegals in today's legal environments. Shaped by the insights of legal professionals, the text illuminates the tasks and roles of the paralegal, while developing critical thinking and hands-on skills. Newly released in Revel, the 6th edition has been updated to reflect the modern responsibilities of the paralegal and continues to meet the requirements of the American Bar Association and the American Association for Paralegal Education.

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Thomas F. Goldman, JD, is professor emeritus of Bucks County Community College, where he was a professor of law and management and the director of the Center for Legal Studies and the Paralegal Studies Program. He was a member of the Paralegal Studies Advisory Board and a mentor at Thomas Edison State College, where he developed an Advanced Litigation Support and Technology Certificate Program in the School of Professional Studies and implemented the online paralegal studies program for the New York Times knowledge network. He is an author of textbooks in paralegal studies and technology, including Technology in the Law Office, Accounting and Taxation for Paralegals, Civil Litigation: Process and Procedures, Litigation Practice: E-Discovery and Technology, Abacus Law: A Hands-On Tutorial and Guide, Real Estate Fundamentals, and SmartDraw Tutorial and Guide. An accounting and economics graduate of Boston University and a graduate of Temple University School of Law, Professor Goldman has an active international law, technology law, and litigation practice. He has worked extensively with paralegals and received the award of the Legal Support Staff Guild. He was elected the Legal Secretaries Association Boss of the Year for contributing to cooperative education and for encouraging the use of paralegals and legal assistants in law offices. He also received the Bucks County Community College Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award. He has been an educational consultant on technology to educational institutions and major corporations and is a frequent speaker and lecturer on educational, legal, and technology issues.

Henry R. Cheeseman is professor emeritus of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, where he was a professor of business law and director of the Legal Studies in Business Program. Professor Cheeseman taught business law, legal environment, corporate law, securities regulation, cyberlaw, and ethics courses in both the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and the undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. He received the Golden Apple Teaching Award on many occasions by being voted by his students as the best professor at the Marshall School of Business. He has also served at the Center for Excellence in teaching at the university. Professor Cheeseman has earned six degrees, including a bachelor's degree in finance from Marquette University, both a master's in business administration (MBA) and a master's in business taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California, a juris doctor (JD) degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, a master's degree with an emphasis on law and economics from the University of Chicago, and a master's in law (LLM) degree in financial institutions law from Boston University. Professor Cheeseman is an award-winning author of several business law textbooks published by Pearson Education, including the definitive and highly regarded Business Law. Other business law and legal environment textbooks authored by Professor Cheeseman and published by Pearson Education include Contemporary Business Law, Legal Environment of Business, and Introduction to Law. In addition to being a coauthor with Professor Thomas Goldman of the sixth edition of The Paralegal Professional, he is also coauthor of Contract Law for Paralegals and Business Organizations for Paralegals, both published by Pearson Education.

PART I: THE PARALEGAL PROFESSION
1. The Paralegal Profession
2. Ethics and Professional Responsibility
3. The Paralegal Workplace
4. Technology and the Paralegal

PART II: INTRODUCTION TO LAW
5. American Legal Heritage and Constitutional Law
6. The Court System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
7. Civil Litigation
8. Criminal Law and Procedure
9. Administrative Law

PART III: PARALEGAL SKILLS
10. Interviewing and Investigation Skills
11. Legal Writing and Critical Legal Thinking
12. Legal Research

PART IV: LEGAL SUBJECTS
13. Torts and Product Liability
14. Contracts and E-Commerce
15. Property Law
16. Estates and Elder Law
17. Family Law
18. Agency, Employment, and Immigration
19. Business Organizations and Bankruptcy Law
20. Intellectual Property and Digital Law

Appendices
A. How to Brief a Case
B. Effective Learning

Glossary
Case Index
Subject Index

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