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Legal writing from the ground up : process, principles, and possibilities / Tracy Turner, Director of Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills, Southwestern Law School.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Aspen coursebook seriesPublication details: New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2015.Description: xxi, 428 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781454852162
  • 145485216X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF250 .T87 2015
Contents:
Tools for success -- Lawyerly logic -- The context of legal writing -- Writing about the law -- Writing about your case -- Organizational choices -- The pre-writing process -- Citation basics -- Factual narratives: factual background and statement of facts -- Issue identification: issue statements and questions presented -- Plain ole good writing -- Paragraph structure -- Overview of objective legal writing: the legal research memorandum -- The brief answer section of a legal research memorandum -- The analysis section of a legal research memorandum -- The conclusion section of a legal research memorandum -- Overview of persuasive legal writing: briefs -- Writing a persuasive factual narrative -- The argument section of a brief -- Point headings - Tables -- Appellate brief conventions -- A memorandum of points and authorities -- Appendix A: Self-test answers -- Appendix B: Samples.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tools for success -- Lawyerly logic -- The context of legal writing -- Writing about the law -- Writing about your case -- Organizational choices -- The pre-writing process -- Citation basics -- Factual narratives: factual background and statement of facts -- Issue identification: issue statements and questions presented -- Plain ole good writing -- Paragraph structure -- Overview of objective legal writing: the legal research memorandum -- The brief answer section of a legal research memorandum -- The analysis section of a legal research memorandum -- The conclusion section of a legal research memorandum -- Overview of persuasive legal writing: briefs -- Writing a persuasive factual narrative -- The argument section of a brief -- Point headings - Tables -- Appellate brief conventions -- A memorandum of points and authorities -- Appendix A: Self-test answers -- Appendix B: Samples.

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