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Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning, and Communication, Fifth Edition

Deborah A. Schmedemann and Christina L. Kunz

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    SYNTHESIS: Legal Reading, Reasoning, and Communication, now in its Fifth Edition, offers in-depth discussion, step-by-step approaches, and varied examples to help students learn how to read, think, write, and converse as excellent and ethical lawyers do.

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    Page Count 604
    Published 02/08/2017
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    Summary of Contents

    Contents
    List of Boxes
    List of Exhibits
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    CHAPTER 1
    Introduction : The Lawyer's Roles and the Legal System

    PART ONE
    READING AND REASONING
    CHAPTER 2
    Reading Legal Rules
    CHAPTER 3
    Reading Cases
    CHAPTER 4
    Reading Codes
    CHAPTER 5
    Reading Commentary
    CHAPTER 6
    Legal Reasoning

    PART TWO
    ADVISORY COMMUNICATION
    CHAPTER 7
    Writing Legal Analysis
    CHAPTER 8
    The Analytical Office Memo
    CHAPTER 9
    The Advice Letter
    CHAPTER 10
    Interviewing the Client
    CHAPTER 11
    Counseling the Client

    PART THREE
    PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION
    CHAPTER 12
    The Demand Letter
    CHAPTER 13
    Contracts
    CHAPTER 14
    Pleadings
    CHAPTER 15
    Negotiating with Opposing Counsel

    PART FOUR
    ADVOCACY COMMUNICATION
    CHAPTER 16
    Legal Advocacy
    CHAPTER 17
    The Motion Practice Memorandum
    CHAPTER 18
    The Appellate Brief
    CHAPTER 19
    Oral Advocacy

    PART FIVE
    EXERCISES

    APPENDICES
    APPENDIX I
    The Writing Process
    APPENDIX II
    Paragraphs, Sentences, Punctuation, and Words
    APPENDIX III

    Citation
    Table of Authorities
    Index

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    Deborah A. Schmedemann

    During her twenty years as a law school professor, Professor Schmedemann has pursued three main interests: the teaching of key law practice skills, empirical analysis of contracting behaviors, and the ever-changing law of employment relations.

    Professor Schmedemann is conducting empirical research regarding public service by lawyers, including pro bono representation of people who can not afford to hire lawyers. Her sample includes 1,200 law students and lawyers. She has presented on this topic at the Equal Justice Conference (a national conference for lawyers who provide free legal services to the poor) and the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, as well as consulted with legal services agencies that have pro bono programs. The research has identified the importance of the lawyer’s views regarding social issues, approach to moral dilemmas, values, and connection to his or her community.

    Professor Schmedemann is a frequent speaker on employment law topics at CLE programs and on teaching issues at law school conferences.

    Christina L. Kunz

    Professor Kunz has helped to develop electronic commercial law since 1990. She actively participates in the ABA Cyberspace Law Committee, is a frequent speaker on the topic nationwide, and has co-authored two groundbreaking articles on electronic contract formation. This expertise supplements a longstanding interest in Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) sales law and contract law. She has co-authored an innovative textbook on sales of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code, has been vice chair of the ABA Committee on the UCC and a co-chair of the ABA Working Group on Electronic Contracting Practices, and is currently a co-chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Electronic Commerce. She was elected to ALI in 2002 and is on the Members Consultative group on the Principles of the Law of Software Contracts. Kunz is also known nationally in the field of legal research and writing, is co-author of many editions of two major textbooks on the topic, and has participated in the Legal Writing Institute and related ABA and AALS organizations.

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