Legal writing : process, analysis, and organization / Linda H. Edwards, Samantha A. Moppett.
By: Edwards, Linda Holdeman [author.].
Contributor(s): Moppett, Samantha A [author.].
Series: Aspen coursebook series.Publisher: New York : Wolters Kluwer, ©2022Edition: Eighth edition.Description: xxiv, 423 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781543839463.Subject(s): Legal compositionGenre/Form: Casebooks (Law) | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | KF250 .E38 2022 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019140 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
First things first -- Outlining rules -- Using rules to organize your analysis -- Finding a rule in a statute -- Finding a rule in a case -- Finding a rule from multiple authorities -- Analyzing a single issue : rule explanation -- Analyzing a single issue : rule application -- Analyzing a single issue : using multiple authorities -- Analyzing multiple issues -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader : the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Writing professional correspondence -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Structuring the argument : first steps -- Finding and structuring a more favorable rule -- Writing the working draft : first steps -- Refining the arguments : the standard of review and the question presented -- Organizing for your reader : the argument section -- Completing the draft of the brief -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
"Coursebook for Legal Writing students"--