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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 | |