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Teaching the Law
The attorneys at Larrimore & Farnish are dedicated to quality legal education. Through teaching in law schools, training for licensing examinations and helping with the process of becoming attorneys, our partners have been extensively involved in the process of assisting thousands of law students become attorneys in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey. Our attorneys also have vast experience in teaching other lawyers to improve their skills through numerous continuing legal education courses and through books and articles written in our fields of expertise.
The partners in Larrimore & Farnish have funded the Myron H. Deutsch Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to a top student in trial advocacy at Temple University Beasley School of Law. The involvement and commitment of the partners at Larrimore & Farnish to law student education is unique and unparalleled at any other firm in Pennsylvania or New Jersey.
Dale Larrimore has lectured to students in law schools throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware for many years. From 1986 to 2006, Dale was a guest lecturer in a course on Alternative Dispute Resolution at Temple Law School. Since 1996, Dale has lectured on the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure at the law schools at Villanova University, Widener University, and Temple University. Dale lectures to attorneys from throughout Pennslvania every year at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice's Update of the Law seminar.
In 1999, Dale became an Adjunct Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, where he teaches a course on Pennsylvania Civil Procedure. In July of 2000, Dale's casebook, Pennsylvania Civil Procedure - Cases and Materials, was published by the custom publishing service of West Group. Numerous articles in various law school publications have also been authored by Dale Larrimore and Tom Farnish, on a variety of topics.
Thomas Farnish has been lecturing for many years on Ethics and Professional Responsibility in law schools throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Tom helps students prepare for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, one of the components necessary for admission to the bar in almost every state. Tom is also an active member of both the Professional Responsibility and Professional Guidance Committees of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Dale Larrimore and Thomas Farnish also run the Bar/Bri Bar Review Program for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Bar/Bri Bar Review is the nation's largest school devoted to training prospective lawyers to pass the bar examination. Attorneys in our firm have been running Bar/Bri since 1974 and have helped over 35,000 students become lawyers. More information about Bar/Bri is available at www.barbri.com. Dale is Executive Director and teaches Pennsylvania Civil Procedure. Tom is Director and teaches Professional Responsibility. Dale and Tom have been instrumental in implementing Bar Exam Accelerated Training (BEAT) programs to foster academic achievement and bar exam success in law schools throughout Pennsylvania.
Continuing legal education seminars also offer the attorneys at Larrimore & Farnish greater involvement in legal education. All of the attorneys in the firm attend at least twelve hours of legal education annually, to maintain and improve our knowledge and our ability to fully represent our clients' needs. We are committed to making sure that we remain on the cutting edge in all relevant areas of the law for our practice.
The attorneys in our firm are also involved in training other attorneys to improve their professional knowledge and skills through teaching in continuing education programs. For over twenty years, Dale has been a frequent lecturer in a variety of Continuing Legal Education Seminars sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. In 1979, Dale created and organized the Compulsory Arbitration Seminar, which he ran for over fifteen years, training all new arbitrators for the arbitration program run by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Dale wrote the Handbook for Arbitrators, providing the statutes, rules and case law for arbitrators. Tom Farnish has also organized and taught various seminars for attorneys in numerous legal education programs.
Dale Larrimore has also written several books which are used by lawyers practicing civil litigation in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, was initially published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company in 1995. Since 1998, the book has been published by the West Publishing Group, the largest publisher of legal materials in the world. The book has been cited in judicial opinions as a reference source and it is used by attorneys handling motor vehicle claims throughout Pennsylvania, offering a solid grounding in the substantive law governing motor vehicle operation on the roads of Pennsylvania. The book covers the full text of each provision of the Vehicle Code's Rules of the Road, with the author's analysis of the intent, and court interpretations and citations to the relevant statutes and cases. It is updated annually. The book includes the following chapters:
- Overview of Motor Vehicle Code
- Operation of Vehicles
- Intersections
- Turning Vehicles
- Stopping, Standing and Parking
- Traffic Offenses
- Special Vehicles and Pedestrians
Copies of this book may be purchased from Thomson West at this products ordering site.
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Litigation, also written by Dale Larrimore, was published by the West Group in 1999. This book is a procedural companion to Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, offering advice, citations, checklists and legal forms for each step of a motor vehicle accident claim. It is used by attorneys throughout Pennsylvania in effectively representing clients, helping lawyers gather the information and evidence needed to shape a strong case and present it convincingly to an insurance adjuster for settlement or to a jury at trial. Approximately 800 pages in length, it provides guidance to attorneys about jury selection, motion practice, insurance medical exams, and all aspects of trial. This book includes the following chapters:
- Overview of Proper Representation of Clients
- First Meeting With Client
- Case Management: Establishing a System
- Fact Gathering: Investigation of Vehicular Accident Claims
- Using the Internet for Legal Research
- Evaluation of the Claim
- Negotiation and Settlement
- Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims
- Initiating Suit
- Responsive Pleadings
- Discovery
- Compulsory Arbitration
- Appeals from Compulsory Arbitration
- Motions in Limine
- Jury Selection
- Opening Statement
- Presenting Evidence at Trial
- Challenging the Defendant's Medical Evidence
- Closing Argument
- Points for Charge
- Non-Jury Trials