The Legal Writing Handbook Analysis, Research, and Writing
By: Oates, Laurel Currie | Enquist, Anne M | Francis, Jeremy.
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BookPublisher: US Aspen Publishing 2021Edition: Eight.Description: XXXVI, 963 ILL, Index.ISBN: 9781543830415.Subject(s): Legal composition | Legal Research | Legal Research United StatesDDC classification: 808.066 Summary: "Introductory text on legal research, analysis, and writing
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Making the transition
The United States legal system
Mandatory vs. persuasive authority
Reading statutes
Reading cases
Primary authority
Secondary authority
Finding tools
Citators
Developing effective research strategies
Drafting memos
Getting the assignment
Drafting the heading and statement of facts
Drafting the issue statement and brief answer
Drafting the discussion section
Drafting the formal conclusion
Revising, editing, and proofreading the memo
Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis
E-memos
Drafting advice letters
Introduction to rhetoric and bias
Motion briefs
Deciding on a theory of the case
Drafting the caption and introduction
Drafting the statement of facts
Ordering the issues and arguments
Drafting the issue statements
Drafting the argumentative headings
Drafting the arguments
Drafting the prayer for relief and signing the brief
Sample briefs
Practicing before an appellate court
Drafting an appellate brief : audience, purpose, and conventions
Getting the case : United States v. Josephy
Preparing to write the brief
Planning the brief
Beginning the appellate brief : the cover, tables, and jurisdictional statement
Drafting the statement of issues presented for review
Drafting the statement of the case and statement of facts
Drafting the summary of the argument
Drafting the argumentative headings
Drafting the arguments
Completing the brief
Sample briefs
Preparing and presenting an effective oral argument
Effective writing : the whole document
Connections between paragraphs
Effective paragraphs
Connections between sentences
Effective sentences
Effective words
Bias-free language
Eloquence
Grammar
Punctuation
Mechanics
Legal writing for English-as-a-second-language writers
"Introductory text on legal research, analysis, and writing
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