Skills for NextGen: Client Scenarios in Torts, First Edition by Professors Conway and Westenskow is a skills-focused book for a traditional Torts course that presents client-based scenarios bridging doctrinal learning and lawyering practice. Skills for NextGen offers law students a rigorous yet practical way to learn Tort law by simulating the tasks that lawyers perform in practice. The book presents fictitious yet realistic client scenarios that contextualize major Tort doctrines and asks students to respond by completing tasks that develop essential lawyering competencies. Designed to align with the skills tested on the NextGen UBE, the book emphasizes foundational skills such as issue-spotting, client counseling, legal research, negotiation, and professional judgment. Features of this book: Dozens of practical exercises based on client-centered fact patternsExercises that model client files and include client records, professional documents, and integrated legal authorityMultiple exercises within each client file encourage students to evaluate the evidence and complete traditional lawyering tasksSample answers for self-assessment and formative learningAlignment with foundational lawyering skills tested on the NextGen UBEStructured around core topics in a typical 1L Torts courseProfessors and students will benefit from: Professors can integrate modular exercises easily within their course syllabusExercises are not tied to any specific Torts casebook or jurisdiction, making them adaptable to any doctrinal approachStudents develop practical skills while reinforcing doctrinal understandingAcademic support faculty can use stand-alone exercises for diagnostics, skills training, and assessing bar readinessBuilt-in materials allow for self-paced practice or in-class application