The day-to-day lives of educators are increasingly bounded by the law. It is essential that educators understand the sources and roles of law in order to act appropriately and to avoid difficult and litigious situations. This book provides a bridge between the legal professional and the education professional, offering an introduction to legal analysis.

Written by a law professor who has long worked with both educators and law students, Redfield’s book introduces the essential concepts of thinking like a lawyer. Thinking Like a Lawyer uses narrative, actual court cases, study tips, research methodologies, and an extensive glossary illustrated with education law examples to remove the mystique of reading about law. It also allows those who need to know the law, but are not necessarily lawyers, to move comfortably in this realm. The book is useful for individual readers or for classes in education law and administration.

"The information on the legal system and legal research contained in the book is valuable. A reader would be hard pressed to find a more basic and well-written explanation of the legal system and the study of case law than are found in the first two chapters of this book. . . . Overall, I found the book to be well organized and well written. I would recommend this book to any academic law library or general academic library."
-Law Library Journal, Vol. 95

"This book would be an excellent acquisition for undergraduate legal studies collections, public law libraries, as well as a "must" read for the first year student."
-Bimonthly Review of Law Books