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

2. 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

3. 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
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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6. 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
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7. Resources for Selling Supplements
PDFs of the TOCs on
Spreadsheet of all supplements with columns for subjects and cross-selling opportunities
Playbook
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8. Reinventing With Supplements
Bundles
Custom
Mixing and Matching
When is it a good idea to bundle and when is it not a good idea?
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9. 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.
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10. 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
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11. 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
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