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Critical Lawyering Skills: A Path to Professional Identity Thiadora A. Pina ISBN 9781531032111

Critical Lawyering Skills helps law students develop a strong professional identity—an essential foundation for success in the legal profession—through practical, skills-based learning. Designed as an interactive workbook, the text provides concrete tools and structured exercises that guide students through the process of understanding their role, responsibilities, and values as future lawyers.

Aligned with ABA Standards 303(b)(3) and (c), the workbook explicitly addresses lawyer well-being and social (cultural) competence. Each module includes clearly articulated learning objectives, assessment rubrics, and evaluation tools, enabling faculty to integrate the material seamlessly into required or elective courses.

Rather than asking students to passively read about professional identity, Critical Lawyering Skills emphasizes active engagement. The workbook format allows students to practice self-reflection, ethical decision-making, communication, and professional judgment—skills that are central to effective and responsible lawyering.

By working through the CLS exercises, students gain clarity about what it means to be a lawyer and how professional responsibilities extend beyond doctrinal knowledge. The result is a more intentional, resilient, and ethically grounded transition from law student to practicing attorney.

Critical Lawyering Skills: A Path to Professional Identity Thiadora A. Pina ISBN 9781531032111, 978-1531032111 & 9781531032128

Author:
Thiadora A. Pina