So Ordered: The Writer’s Guide for Aspiring Judges, Judicial Clerks, and Interns by Jill Barton shows students how to write judicial documents using step-by-step instruction and real-world examples. The textbook offers concise guidance on how to become a successful judicial writer using common judicial documents, including bench memos, trial court orders, jury instructions, appellate opinions, dissents, and concurrences. So Ordered explains how to conceive, express, and revise each of the principal parts of these documents, from the case caption and introduction to the legal analysis and concurrences.
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Key Features:
- Annotated real-world examples from the nation’s best judicial writers (short excerpts throughout chapters 5-8 with complete documents at the end of each chapter/section on trial court orders, jury instructions, appellate opinions, dissents, and concurrences).
- Helpful and detailed checklists specifically geared toward each type of judicial document (at the end of each chapter/section for each judicial document for chapters 4-7) and specifically geared toward the skills that judicial writers must master (grammar, punctuation, and writing style (chapters 8-9) and citation and research (chapter 10).
- Step-by-step instruction presented in an easy-to-follow format with text boxes that emphasize how to create each part of a judicial document and that highlight other research and writing tips (at the start of each chapter/section on trial court orders, jury instructions, appellate opinions, dissents, and concurrences, with the writing/research tips sprinkled throughout chapters 4-10).