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Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART 1 : INTRODUCTION TO LAW PRACTICE WRITING
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS OF OBJECTIVE WRITING
CHAPTER 2: THE STAGES OF OBJECTIVE WRITING
PART 2: OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF LEGAL PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 3: SOURCES OF LAW AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 4: STATUTORY ANALYSIS—A BASIC PROCESS
CHAPTER 5: STATUTORY ANALYSIS—ADDITIONAL STEPS
CHAPTER 6: ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL JUDICIAL OPINIONS
CHAPTER 7: SYNTHESIS OF JUDICIAL OPINIONS
CHAPTER 8: SYNTHESIS OF JUDICIAL OPINIONS IN COMPLEX ANALYSES
CHAPTER 9: QUESTIONS OF FIRST IMPRESSION
CHAPTER 10: ANALYTICAL FOUNDATION OF PREDICTIONS
PART 3: THE DISCUSSION SECTION OF AN OBJECTIVE MEMO
CHAPTER 11: EFFECTIVE OVERALL ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 12: ANALYSES OF THE LAW: EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 13: APPLICATION-PREDICTIONS: EFFECTIVE STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 14: CITATION TO LEGAL AUTHORITY
PART 4: THE FINAL STEPS TO COMPLETE AN OBJECTIVE MEMO
CHAPTER 15: BEYOND THE DISCUSSION SECTION: ADDING THE FACTS, CONCLUSION,
QUESTION PRESENTED, AND BRIEF ANSWER SECTIONS
CHAPTER 16: PRESENTATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
PART 5: OTHER FORMS OF OBJECTIVE WRITING
CHAPTER 17: INFORMAL INTERNAL OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS: SHORT-HAND MEMOS AND EMAILS
APPENDICES
Appendix I
SAMPLE OF A FORMAL OBJECTIVE MEMORANDUM
APPENDIX II
SAMPLE EMAIL TO SUPERVISOR