A lawyer writes : a practical guide to legal analysis / Christine Coughlin, Joan Malmud Rocklin, Sandy Patrick.
2024
KF250 .C68 2024
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Title
A lawyer writes : a practical guide to legal analysis / Christine Coughlin, Joan Malmud Rocklin, Sandy Patrick.
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Edition
Fourth edition.
Imprint
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2024]
Description
xxii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
How attorneys communicate
Sources and systems of the law
Reading for comprehension
Finding your arguments
Organizing your legal authority
One legal argument
Explaining the law
Applying the law
Beginning and ending 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
Client letters
Professional emails
The transition from objective to persuasive writing.
Sources and systems of the law
Reading for comprehension
Finding your arguments
Organizing your legal authority
One legal argument
Explaining the law
Applying the law
Beginning and ending 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
Client letters
Professional emails
The transition from objective to persuasive writing.
Summary
"Like the popular earlier editions, the fourth edition of A Lawyer Writes puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney faced 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. Using graphics and visual samples that demonstrate both effective and ineffective analytical techniques, this updated edition illustrates best practices for objective legal analysis and provides an overview of the transition from objective to persuasive writing. The content and examples in the fourth edition have been supplemented, updated, and reorganized to provide an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach for learning legal analysis and objective writing. A Lawyer Writes aims to provide clear and concrete instruction about each facet of legal analysis, using the same order students will follow when performing the tasks in legal practice. The textbook also provides the relevant theory and background behind the choices attorneys make in their legal writing, enabling students to transfer those techniques to future settings. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories students can use throughout a lifetime of legal practice"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Editions
Course Lists
LLM Legal Research and Writing for Remote + Summer by various (SUMMER 2025)
Legal Research and Writing for LL.M. Students by various (FALL 2024)
Legal Research and Writing for LL.M. Students by various (FALL 2024)
Call Number
KF250 .C68 2024
Language
English
ISBN
9781531020699 (paperback)
1531020690
9781531020705 (ebook)
1531020690
9781531020705 (ebook)
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