A Practical Guide To Legal Writing and Legal Method

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A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, now in its Fourth Edition, continues to provide complete, timely coverage with the clarity and precision that have made this text so popular with students and teachers. A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, Fourth Edition, features: basic coverage of the essential principles of legal writing and legal method a flexible presentation of legal reasoning and analysis skills a series of accessible, step-by-step guidelines thatneatly unpack each topic focused exercises that develop legal writing and reasoning skills a consistent and integrated emphasis on professionalism and the rules of professional conduct illustrative examples in the Appendices an extensive Teacher's Manual that includes additional exercises, teaching suggestions, and advice for new teachers Updated throughout, the revised Fourth Edition provides: new material on electronic communication, including electronic writing, editing, and filing, and email etiquette and ethics a new chapter on client letters that focuses on the legal memo and rules for writing an opinion letter expanded coverage of how to organize a legal memo simplified treatment of how to structure an argument and persuasive writing exercises developed specifically for classroom use additional sample client letters in the Appendices A landmark title in its field, the fourth edition of A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Methodconstitutes a thorough revision of a classic for a new generation of law students Table of Contents Part A: Introduction to Law Chapter 1. Rules and Policies Chapter 2. Sources of Law Chapter 3. Case Analysis and Case Briefs Chapter 4. Precedent and Stare Decisis Part B: Basic Concepts of Legal Method Chapter 5. Understanding Legal Rules Chapter 6. Identifying and Selecting Issues for Analysis Chapter 7. Common Law Analysis Chapter 8. Statutory Analysis Chapter 9. Reaching a Conclusion Part C: Basic Concepts of Legal Writing Chapter 10. Organization Chapter 11. Describing the Law Chapter 12. Explaining the Analysis Chapter 13. Signposting Chapter 14. Drafting the Discussion Chapter 15. Revising and Editing Part D: The Office Memorandum Chapter 16. Elements of an Office Memorandum Chapter 17. The Discussion Chapter 18. Statement of Facts for a Memorandum Chapter 19. Questions Presented Chapter 20. Client Advisory Letters Part E: Briefs Chapter 21. Elements of a Brief Chapter 22. Structure of the Argument Chapter 23. Persuasive Writing Chapter 24. Point Headings Chapter 25. Statement of Facts for a Brief Chapter 26. Briefs to a Trial Court Chapter 27. Briefs to an Appellate Court Appendices Bibliography Index