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Books : Nonfiction : Law : Practical Guides : General

• Getting To Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

  Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy Paul

  
  Professors Fischl and Paul explain law school exams in ways no one has before, all with an eye toward improving the reader's performance. The book begins by describing the difference between educational cultures that praise students for "right answers," and the law school culture that rewards nuanced analysis of ambiguous situations in which more than one approach may be correct. Enormous care is devoted to explaining precisely how and why legal analysis frequently produces such perplexing situations.
  
  But the authors don't stop with mere description. Instead, Getting to Maybe teaches how to excel on law school exams by showing the reader how legal analysis can be brought to bear on examination problems. The book contains hints on studying and preparation that go well beyond conventional advice. The authors also illustrate how to argue both sides of a legal issue without appearing wishy-washy or indecisive. Above all, the book explains why exam questions may generate feelings of uncertainty or doubt about correct legal outcomes and how the student can turn these feelings to his or her advantage.
  
  In sum, although the authors believe that no exam guide can substitute for a firm grasp of substantive material, readers who devote the necessary time to learning the law will find this book an invaluable guide to translating learning into better exam performance.
  
   

• Quicken Willmaker Plus 2008 Edition: Estate Planning Essentials (Book with CD-ROM)

  Editors of Nolo

  
  America's No. 1 estate planning book with interactive CD-ROM software helps you create a will, living trust, living will -- and much more .
  
  Help protect your family and your assets, and save on legal fees! Quicken WillMaker Plus Estate Planning Essential 2008 Edition provides the legal forms you need. So comprehensive, the CD-ROM assembles your forms from among 40,000 document possibilities -- but so easy to use, you'll have them finished in minutes.
  
  Quicken WillMaker Plus Estate Planning Essential 2008 Edition includes a full "health care power of attorney." Dictate the health care you wish to receive if you can't speak for yourself, and be assured that your loved ones won't have to second-guess themselves!
  
  Create your own:
  
  

• Will
  
• Living Trusts, including an AB Trust
  
  

• Health Care Directive:
  Living Will
  Health Care Power of Attorney
  
  
• Financial Powers of Attorney
  
• Final arrangements document
  
• Important documents for executors
  
  

  The CD-ROM also provides forms you can use every day, such as authorizations and agreements, child and elder care forms, promissory notes and documents to help you repair your credit.
  
  For each document, Quicken WillMaker Plus Estate Planning Essentials 2008 Edition takes you through a step-by-step interview. Your documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state. If you have any questions, simply check out the comprehensive onscreen legal manual. Expert tech support is also available.
  
  Need to know more? Here are in-depth details about what you can do with Quicken WillMaker Plus Estate Planning Essentials 2008 Edition:
  
  Your Will
  

  Provide for family, friends and charities. Name a personal guardian to care for young children. Specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate. Select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. Revise and update your will whenever you like.
  
  Your Living Trust
  

  Make a basic trust, whether you're married or single. If married, you can create a AB trust (or bypass trust) and spare your heirs from potentially heavy estate taxes. Create subtrusts for minor children and young adults. Name custodians for property left to children. Change or revoke your trust at any time.
  
  Your Health Care Directive lets people who care for you make important decisions about your life and health when you can't. Create a:
  

  Health Care Power of Attorney Permit a loved one to make important medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself.
  

  Living Will
  

  Specify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means. Appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.
  
  

  Your Financial Power of Attorney
  

  Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated. Don't worry, you can grant as much authority as you wish.
  
  Your Final Arrangements
  

  Plan a funeral or other ceremony. Clarify whether you want a cremation or burial. Select someone to oversee your final arrangements -- and more!
  
  

  Documents for Your Executor
  

  Make sure your executor ("personal representative" in some states) has all the forms and instructions he or she needs to do the job: Checklists, letters, notices, claim forms -- and more.
  
  Personal Finance Documents
  

  Over a dozen forms that let you handle financial situations you might face on any given day, such as disputing a credit card charge, lending or borrowing money to friends or family, creating bills of sale -- and more!
  
  

  Home & Family Documents
  

  Whether you need to authorize someone to travel with your child to another country, want to lend your car to a friend, or create an agreement with a trusted person to take care of your elderly parent, Quicken WillMaker Plus can handle all these family situations -- and many more!

  Estate planning documents not valid in Louisiana.