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Just memos : preparing for practice / Laurel Currie Oates, Professor, Seattle University School of Law; Anne M. Enquist, Professor Emeritus, Seattle University School of Law; Jeremy Francis, Clinical Professor of Law, Writing Specialist, Michigan State University College of Law.

By: Oates, Laurel Currie, 1951- [author.].
Contributor(s): Enquist, Anne, 1950- [author.] | Francis, Jeremy (Law teacher) [author.].
Series: Aspen coursebook series.Publisher: New York : Wolters Kluwer, ©2022Edition: Sixth Edition.Description: 321 pages.Content type: text Media type: computer ISBN: 9781543839593.Subject(s): Legal composition | Legal research -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Making the transition -- The United States legal system -- Mandatory vs. persuasive authority -- Reading statutes -- Reading cases -- Primary authority -- Secondary authority -- Finding tools -- Citators -- Developing effective research strategies -- Drafting memos -- Getting the assignment -- Drafting the heading and statement of facts -- Drafting the issue statement and brief answer -- Drafting the discussion section -- Drafting the formal conclusion -- Revising, editing, and proofreading the memo -- Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis -- E-memos -- Drafting advice letters.
Summary: "Introductory text on writing legal memos"--
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Includes index.

Making the transition -- The United States legal system -- Mandatory vs. persuasive authority -- Reading statutes -- Reading cases -- Primary authority -- Secondary authority -- Finding tools -- Citators -- Developing effective research strategies -- Drafting memos -- Getting the assignment -- Drafting the heading and statement of facts -- Drafting the issue statement and brief answer -- Drafting the discussion section -- Drafting the formal conclusion -- Revising, editing, and proofreading the memo -- Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis -- E-memos -- Drafting advice letters.

"Introductory text on writing legal memos"--

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