Publication Date: 1/31/2022
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 618
ISBNs:
Connected eBook with Study Center + Print Book: 9781543849516
Connected eBook with Study Center: 9781543857061
eBook: 9781543849523
Summary of Contents
Contents
Table of Charts and Sample Documents Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I - LAW SCHOOL—GETTING STARTED
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Writing Style: Policy, Purpose, and Audience
Chapter 2 - Overview of the Case Method of Study
PART II - INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Chapter 3 - Common Law
Chapter 4 - Legislation
PART III - LEGAL METHOD AND ANALYSIS
Chapter 5 - The Role of Precedent: The Court System and Stare Decisis
Chapter 6 - Deductive Reasoning and IRAC—Introduction to Legal Analysis
PART IV - PREDICTIVE WRITING—THE OFFICE MEMORANDUM OF LAW
Chapter 7 - The Office Memorandum of Law
Chapter 8 - Organization of Office Memoranda and Briefs
Chapter 9 - Legal Writing Style in the Office Memorandum
Chapter 10 - Signaling, Presenting, and Quoting Authority
PART V - INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCACY
Chapter 11 - Advocacy: Overview and Ethics
Chapter 12 - Developing Your Legal Arguments
Chapter 13 - Expressing Your Advocacy: Persuasive Writing Style and Oral Argument
PART VI - PRETRIAL ADVOCACY — PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
Chapter 14 - Pleadings and Motions to Dismiss
Chapter 15 - Motion for Summary Judgment
Chapter 16 - Motion to Exclude Evidence Before Trial
PART VII - APPELLATE BRIEFS
Chapter 17 - Standards of Appellate Review
Chapter 18 - The Brief—Effective Appellate Advocacy
PART VIII - WRITING TO PARTIES: CONTRACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Chapter 19 - Contracts
Chapter 20 - Advice Letters
Chapter 21 - Demand Letters
APPENDICES
Index
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