Legal Writing and Analysis
Legal Writing and Analysis

Author: Linda Holdeman Edwards

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780735598508

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This concise text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Third Edition, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, writing an office memo and professional letters. The author then focuses on writing for advocacy and concludes with style and formalities and a chapter devoted to oral argument. The Third Edition features new material throughout on drawing factual inferences, one of the most important kinds of reasoning for legal writers, as well as additional examples on the book s companion web site. Among the features that make Legal Writing and Analysis a best-selling text : It tracks the traditional legal writing course syllabus, providing students with the necessary structure for organizing a legal discussion. The consistent use of the legal method approach, from an opening chapter providing an overview of a civil case and the lawyer s role, to information about the legal system, case briefing, synthesizing cases, and statutory interpretation. The emphasis on analogical reasoning and synthesizing cases, as well as rule-based and policy-based reasoning, with explanations of how to use these types of reasoning to organize a legal discussion. Coverage of the use of precedent, particularly on how to use cases. Superior discussion of small-scale organization, including the thesis paragraph. Numerous examples and frequent short exercises to encourage students to apply concepts. Many exercises focus on first-year courses and others focus on professional responsibility. The Third Edition offers: New material on drawing factual inferences, one of the most important kinds of reasoning for legal writers. Citation materials updated to cover the new editions of both ALWD and the Bluebook. Companion web site will include additional examples of office memos, opposing briefs, letters, and summary judgment motions.

Introduction to Legal Research Method and Legal Writing
Introduction to Legal Research Method and Legal Writing

Author: Uzoma Ihugba

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2020-07-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 9785916545

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The book is written in a conversational style, and the language is accessible and simple, with flowing examples that users can relate with. Practical legal questions are raised and application of individual research methods, strategies, approaches and philosophies are demonstrated. The book starts with a clear definition of legal research method to justification and importance. It spans the research process, theoretical positions and justification for research, the writing up process and the defence of research output either in seminars, conferences or for PhD defence. It also prepares researchers and academicians for discussion and interaction with peers at conferences and seminars.

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

Author: Kathryn Myers

Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed

Published: 2013-07-30

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 013356407X

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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This comprehensive guide to modern legal research and writing offers a unique balance of traditional print research techniques with newer online methods. Throughout, LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING helps students fully understand the issues they are researching, so they can apply analytical thinking to achieve superior results. Students discover how laws are made, how to decide which law is applicable, how to read the law, how to search legal databases, and how to apply the law in a client's unique situation. The text offers insights for overcoming research obstacles, and provides many examples, figures, and reference checklists. It also offers deep insight into effective writing, including extensive coverage of case briefs, memoranda of law, external briefs, correspondence, and pleadings. A concise review of the writing process addresses everything from pre-writing to grammar and word usage. Extensive pedagogical features include opening scenarios, lists of key terms, case excerpts, media and web resources, and many forms of practice, from Quick Check quizzes to detailed Research Assignments.

Guide to Legal Writing Style
Guide to Legal Writing Style

Author: Terri LeClercq

Publisher: Aspen Publishers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Helps law students gain essential skills needed to advance from acceptable to exceptional writing, focusing on organization, sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, and formatting. Includes exercises and reviews for self or group testing. This second edition includes a new chapter on formattin

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

Author: J D Ed D Dayton

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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For everyone from students, to lawyers, to legal scholars this book demystifies the processes of legal research, analysis, and writing from start to finish, providing readers with both a solid theoretical understanding and powerful applied practice skills. Learn both the how and the why of legal research; acquire powerful legal analytical skills; and learn how to translate your research findings into compelling presentations and winning arguments. This book provides the legal research, analysis, and writing skills you need for professional success. It strikes an optimal balance in theory and practice helping you to understand not just the how of legal research, but also the why for fuller comprehension of the process. Through interesting and compelling chapters and exercises you will learn about legal research methods and their application in practice. You will learn how to select and refine research topics and questions; how the legal/governance system functions in practice; where to find relevant facts and laws; how to analyze and interpret your findings; how to build strong evidence and arguments; how to improve your legal writing skills; and how to put these skills to work in legal practice, publications, and presentations to maximize your success. For everyone who may benefit from improving their legal research, analysis, and writing skills, this is an ideal research textbook, class supplement, and reference book.

Legal Argument
Legal Argument

Author: James A. Gardner

Publisher: LexisNexis/Matthew Bender

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Legal Argument: The Structure and Language of Effective Advocacy is a full-featured guide designed primarily for law students in research, writing, analysis and trial advocacy classes and moot court programs. Inside you'll find detailed explanations of how lawyers construct legal arguments and practical guidelines to the process of molding the raw materials of litigation--cases, statutes, testimony, documents, common sense--into instruments of persuasive advocacy. You'll also find writing guidelines that show you how to present a well-constructed legal argument in writing in a way that legal decision makers will find persuasive. The centerpiece of this indispensable work is its syllogism-based step-by-step method, designed to walk the advocate through the process of crafting a winning argument. Intuitive organization presents the material in five parts: Part I sets out a general methodology for constructing legal arguments. Part II focuses more closely on the construction of persuasive, well-grounded legal premises, and covers the effective integration of legal doctrine and evidence into the argument's structure. Part III shows how to put the method to work by giving two detailed examples of the construction of complete legal arguments from scratch. Part IV provides a detailed protocol for reducing well-constructed legal arguments to written form, along with a concrete illustration of that process. It also provides concrete advice on how to recognize and avoid a host of common mistakes in the written presentation of legal arguments. Part V moves from the basics into more advanced techniques of persuasive legal argument, including rhetorical tactics like framing and emphasis, how to respond to arguments, maintaining professionalism in advocacy, and the ethical limits of argument.