Lawyer Writes A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

Name: Lawyer Writes A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis
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ISBN: 9781594603600

ISBN-10: 159460360X

ISBN-13: 9781594603600

Edition: 2008

Authors: Chris Coughlin, Joan Malmud, Sandy Patrick

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Whether you are starting law school or preparing to start the practice of law, you need to learn the essential skills and theory of your trade. A Lawyer Writes puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney tasked with real life assignments. In doing so, it teaches law students not only how to succeed in law school, but also how to succeed in the practice of law. The book uses graphics and visual samples to demonstrate the variety of ways in which attorneys write effectively, showing best practices in both traditional and electronic environments. Speaking to its reader in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories so that they will be…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



How Attorneys Communicate


Sources and Systems of the Law


Reading for Comprehension


Finding Your Argument


Organizing Your Legal Authority


One Legal Argument


Explaining the Law


Explaining the Law: Rules


Explaining the Law: Case Illustrations


Explaining the Law: Citing and Avoiding Plagiarism


Applying the Law


Applying the Law: Rule-Based Reasoning


Applying the Law: Analogical Reasoning


Applying the Law: Counter-Analyses


Applying the Law: Organizing Your Application of the Law


Conclusions to One Legal Argument


Policy


Statutory Analysis


The Discussion Section: Introducing and Connecting Legal Arguments


Question Presented and Brief Answer


Statement of Facts


Conclusion to the Memorandum


Editing and Polishing


Professional E-mails


Effective Memo: Adverse Possession


Effective Memo: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress


Less Effective Memo: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress


Glossary


Index