About the Authors

Ruth Ann McKinney
Clinical Professor of Law
University of North Carolina
School of Law


Scott Childs
Deputy Director of the Law Library
and
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
University of North Carolina
School of Law

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Table of Contents

Introduction - Chapter 1

Sample Client Assigning Memo

Sample Hands-On Lesson

Introduction to the Online Supplement

Public Resources

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Teacher's Manual

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Guidelines for Student's Responses

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Ruth Ann McKinney Clinical Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Contact Author

Education:

• B.A., 1972, magna cum laude, Duke University
• M.Ed., 1976, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• J.D., with honors, 1988, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Order of the Coif.

Bio:

Ruth Ann McKinney, the author, is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Writing and Learning Resources Center at the University of North Carolina Law School. Professor McKinney clerked for the Honorable Harry C. Martin at the North Carolina Supreme Court and was an associate in the litigation division of Maxwell & Hutson in Durham, North Carolina, following her clerkship. In addition to directing the first-year Writing Program, Professor McKinney directs UNC Law's Academic Support Programs and maintains research interests in legal pedagogy, particularly concerning ways students can maximize achievement in legal education. Her other publications include Reading Like a Lawyer which helps beginning and more advanced students explore efficient ways to read cases and statutes both in law school casebooks and in unedited form.