SUPPLEMENTS! Who, What, When, Where, How??? Karen Wellman, Jeff Slutzky, and Stacie Goosman

Agenda Sources of US Law Overview of WK Supplements Case Supplements Statutory Supplements Rules Supplements Selling WK Supplements Resources Reinvents Group Discussion: Success Stories and Handling Objections Awards Ceremony for the Person who asks the Bravest Question and Wrap-Up

The United States Legal System Common Law System Judges write opinions when they decide cases, which become case law Why are many of our books called casebooks instead of textbooks? Distinguished from Civil Law systems which rely heavily on national codes of law Federalism Federal Government State Government Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Three Branches of Government Legislative/US Congress Enact statutes/laws Judicial/US Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and US District Courts Apply US Constitution, common law, and statutes to issue opinions/cases Create Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) to govern procedure and the introduction of evidence in the federal courts Executive/President Administrative agencies enforce statutes written by US Congress and write rules interpreting the statutes. Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Sources of Federal Law US Constitution Federal statutes and court rules Federal agency rules and regulations Federal common law/cases International law such as treaties States have their own constitutions, judicial opinions, statutes, and rules. Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Wolters Kluwer Supplements CASE SUPPLEMENTS Important new cases since current edition of casebook published E.g, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, and Criminal Procedure STATUTORY SUPPLEMENTS Provide students with the primary source that is being interpreted by the cases in the casebook E.g, professional responsibility, corporate, bankruptcy, and commercial RULES SUPPLEMENTS Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Evidence Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Resources for Selling Supplements PDFs of the TOCs on www.wklegaledu.com!!! Spreadsheet of all supplements with columns for subjects and cross-selling opportunities Playbook Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Reinventing With Supplements Bundles Custom Mixing and Matching When is it a good idea to bundle and when is it not a good idea? Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Group Discussion SUCCESS STORIES and HANDLING OBJECTIONS “Why should I get a supplement when my students can get this stuff for free on the internet?” For stat supps and rule supps the author is curating what’s important and combining it in one place for convenience. For case supps, the author is curating the most important case developments and scholarship from the past year.   Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Best Bet Supplements Legal Education – NSM – July 2018 Subject Note Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) FRCP is always adopted Evidence Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) FRE is always adopted Professional Responsibility Statutory supplement with ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Model Rules) Model Rules are always adopted Contracts Statutory supplement with Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Frequently adopted but may be incorporated into casebook Business Organizations Statutory supplement with Delaware Corporations Law and Restatement of Agency Commercial Statutory supplement with the Uniform Commercial Code Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure Case supplement Published in August because Supreme Court term ends in June Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

WRAP-UP Questions, ideas, additional resources needed for selling supplements? Fall action plan: FRCP, FRE and Statutory Supplements Reinvent Discussions! Know our market advantage for supplements publishing in December and spring! WK Supp Guru Legal Education – NSM – July 2018

Legal Education – NSM – July 2018