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The guide to U.S. legal analysis and writing / Deborah B. McGregor, Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, Founding Director, Master of Jurisprudence Program, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Cynthia M. Adams, Vice Dean and Clinical Professor of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Katrina J. Lee, Director of LL.M. Legal Writing and Clinical Professor of Law, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.

By: McGregor, Deborah B, 1951- [author.].
Contributor(s): Adams, Cynthia M. (Cynthia Matson) [author.] | Lee, Katrina [author.].
Series: Aspen coursebook series.Publisher: New York : Wolters Kluwer, ©2022Edition: Third edition.Description: 292 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781543807790.Other title: Guide to US legal analysis and communication | Guide to United States legal analysis and communication.Uniform titles: International lawyer's guide to legal analysis and communication in the United States Subject(s): Legal composition | Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction | Law -- United States -- Language | Lawyers, Foreign -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etcGenre/Form: Textbooks. | Print books.
Contents:
The system of government and the litigation process in the United States -- The common law in the United States -- The U.S. Legal education system : studying the law and briefing cases -- The legal writing process -- The U.S. Concept of plagiarism and proper attribution to authority -- Writing an objective discussion of an office memorandum based on a single fact-based issue, using only one case -- Analyzing the law : using multiple cases in analyzing a single issue -- Synthesizing a single rule from multiple cases -- Beyond the single CREAC : structuring a discussion of a legal issue based on its applicable test -- Analyzing the law : using multiple cases in analyzing multiple issues -- Using policy to support a legal analysis -- An introduction to statutory interpretation and analysis of a law-based issue -- Beyond the objective discussion of a legal issue : other elements of the office memorandum -- Writing letters and electronic communications.
Summary: "A legal reasoning and writing law school text for LLM and JD candidates"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The system of government and the litigation process in the United States -- The common law in the United States -- The U.S. Legal education system : studying the law and briefing cases -- The legal writing process -- The U.S. Concept of plagiarism and proper attribution to authority -- Writing an objective discussion of an office memorandum based on a single fact-based issue, using only one case -- Analyzing the law : using multiple cases in analyzing a single issue -- Synthesizing a single rule from multiple cases -- Beyond the single CREAC : structuring a discussion of a legal issue based on its applicable test -- Analyzing the law : using multiple cases in analyzing multiple issues -- Using policy to support a legal analysis -- An introduction to statutory interpretation and analysis of a law-based issue -- Beyond the objective discussion of a legal issue : other elements of the office memorandum -- Writing letters and electronic communications.

"A legal reasoning and writing law school text for LLM and JD candidates"--

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