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Writing about the Law | |
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Why Write about the Law? | |
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The United States Legal System | |
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Rhetoric and the Law | |
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Lawyers as Rhetoricians: the Sophists | |
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Genres of Oratory | |
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Rhetorical Analysis: the Rhetorical Triangle | |
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Rhetorical Analysis: Rhetorical Appeals | |
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Making a Valid Argument: Syllogisms and Fallacies | |
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Writing a Formal Rhetorical Analysis | |
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What Is the Context? | |
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Who is Talking? | |
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Are the Arguments Valid? | |
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Are You Moved? | |
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Rhetorical Analysis Checklist | |
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Reading and writing Case Briefs | |
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What is a Case Brief? | |
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Case Name and Citation | |
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Issue | |
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Facts | |
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Holding | |
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Reasoning | |
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Dissenting and Concurring Opinions | |
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Legal Arguments: Topoi | |
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Precedent | |
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Legislation | |
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History | |
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International or Comparative Law | |
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Morality | |
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Public Policy | |
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Science | |
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Formatting a Case Brief | |
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Case Brief Checklist | |
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Frameworks for Legal Scholarship | |
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Classical Framework | |
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Introduction: Exordium | |
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Background Information: Narration | |
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Manageable Parts: Partition | |
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Supporting Arguments: Confirmation | |
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Possible Objections:Refutation | |
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Conclusion and Course of Action:Peroration | |
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C-Rac Framework | |
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Conclusion | |
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Rule | |
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Application | |
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Conclusion | |
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Scholarly Framework | |
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Thesis | |
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Supporting Arguments | |
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Evidence | |
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Counterarguments and Rebuttals | |
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Conclusion | |
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Creating and Supporting a Thesis | |
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Creating a Thesis | |
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Supporting a Thesis | |
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Discovering Evidence | |
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Primary v. Secondary Sources | |
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Scholarly v. Non-Scholarly Sources | |
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Counterarguments and Rebuttals | |
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Writing an Argument Outline | |
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Step One: Supporting Arguments | |
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Step Two: Evidence | |
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Step Three: Arrangement and Transitions | |
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Argument Outline Checklist | |
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Doing Legal Research | |
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Principles of Legal Research | |
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The Citation Trail | |
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Precision | |
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Online Legal Research Tools | |
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LexisNexis Academic | |
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HeinOnline | |
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Oyez and Justia | |
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Findlaw.com | |
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Library of Congress Law Library | |
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Cornell University Legal Information Institute (LII) | |
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Wikipedia | |
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State Courts Sites | |
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Government Printing Office (GPO) | |
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Using Sources | |
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Rhetorical Purposes of Citation | |
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Gain Authority | |
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Give Credit | |
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Research Trail | |
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Basic Citation Framework | |
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Three Parts: Signal, In-text Marker, Reference Entry | |
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Legal Sources in MLA | |
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Integrating Sources | |
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Who's Talking? | |
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Signal Words | |
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Sample Student Paragraph | |
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Citing Primary Legal Documents | |
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Court Opinions and other Documents | |
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Legislative Materials | |
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International Laws | |
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Foreign Laws | |
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Executive Materials | |
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Treaties | |
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Try it: Researching and Citing Legal Sources | |
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Writing Effective Paragraphs | |
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Introductory Paragraph | |
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Hook | |
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Context | |
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Thesis | |
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Methodology | |
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Assess a Student's Introduction | |
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Background Paragraphs | |
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Assess a Student's Background Paragraph | |
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Issue Paragraphs | |
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Topic Sentence | |
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Support from source | |
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Summarize/Interpret/Apply (SIA) | |
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Transition | |
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Assess a Student's Issue Paragraph | |
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Conclusion Paragraphs | |
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Analyze an Introduction | |
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Peer Workshops and Revision | |
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Quirks of Legal Discourse | |
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Paired Synonyms | |
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Prepositional Phrases | |
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Nominalized and Passive Verbs | |
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"Precedent" | |
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Introducing a Case | |
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Tips for Strong Scholarly Writing | |
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Topic Sentences & Signposts | |
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"Clearly" | |
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Editorial Hyperbole | |
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Clichÿs | |
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Formatting Problems | |
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Revision | |
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Start Early | |
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Create Fresh Eyes | |
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Use a Revision Checklist | |
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Revision Checklist | |
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Get Help from a Friend | |
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Peer Workshops | |
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Keep Time | |
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Read Out Loud | |
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Give Praise and Criticism | |
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Specificity | |
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Editorial Abbreviations | |
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Workshop Checklist | |
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Sharing Your Research | |
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Oral Presentations | |
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Think About Rhetoric | |
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Organization | |
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Presentation Software | |
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Tips | |
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Publishing Your Research | |
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Research the Journals | |
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Write an Abstract | |
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Write a Cover Letter | |
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Submitting to a Journal via Email | |