Writing to Win The Legal Writer

Name: Writing to Win The Legal Writer
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ISBN: 9780385495929

ISBN-10: 0385495927

ISBN-13: 9780385495929

Edition: 1999

Authors: Steven D. Stark

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From a master teacher, a results-oriented approach to powerful legal writing that communicates, that persuades--and that wins. Of all the professions, the law has the most deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Legal education, which focuses on judicial opinions, not instruments of persuasion, is partly to blame. Yet forceful writing is one of the most potent weapons of legal advocacy. In Writing to Win, Steve Stark, a former teacher of writing at Harvard Law, who has taught thousands of aspiring and practicing lawyers, has written the only book on the market that applies the universal principles of vigorous prose to the job of making a case--and winning it. Writing to…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication date: 12/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



The Fundamentals of Legal Writing



Organizing Your Material



The Rules of the Road



The Mechanics of Editing



The Fundamentals of Argument for All Lawyers



The Art of Argument



The Role of Narrative in Argument



Writing in Litigation



Writing the Facts



Writing Arguments



Writing Trial and Appellate Briefs



Writing Complaints and Answers



Writing in Discovery



Oral Argument from a Writer's Perspective



Writing in Legal Practice



Technical Writing



Writing Memos



Writing Letters and E-mail



Drafting Contracts and Rules


Conclusion: The Real Damage of Bad Legal Writing


Appendix


The Thirteen Rules of Professionalism in Legal Writing


Submitting Samples for Inclusion in Future Editions of This Book


Bibliography