Download or read book How to Organize and Write a Legal Memorandum written by Paul Falon and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explains how to organize and write legal memoranda that will communicate information to the reader clearly and effectively. It is written primarily for first-year law students, but upper-class law students and practicing attorneys can also use it, to produce more effective legal memoranda or written legal analyses generally"--

Download or read book Write Fast Legal Memos Like a Sport tm written by Mary Campbell Gallagher and published by Barwrite Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law firm hiring partners and training supervisors agree that new lawyers should be able to draft basic legal memos quickly. But until now, even the best training courses have treated memo-writing as just a question of writing law and analysis, rather than also of having the right organizational habits. Now, at last, in this CLE book, legal writing expert Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D. (Harvard), Ph.D., teaches junior lawyers how to build their memo-writing skills "like a sport . " Using six of the simulated law office memorandum tasks, sample answers, and analyses from her book Perform Your Best on the Bar Exam Performance Test (MPT), the tasks developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) for the MPT part of the bar exam, and adapting the unique systems she created for the MPT to the conditions of law practice, Dr. Gallagher helps lawyers develop the habits needed to research, organize, and draft their basic legal memos efficiently.

Download or read book Jagged Rocks of Wisdom written by Morten Lund (Lawyer) and published by Fine Print Press, Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lund's "21 Rules" are a distillation of Lund's decade experience with clients, colleagues, and subordinates. No new lawyer should be without all three Jagged Rocks of Wisdom guides: Jagged Rocks of Wisdom: Professional Advice for the New Attorney Jagged Rocks of Wisdom--The Memo: Mastering the Legal Memorandum Jagged Rocks of Wisdom--Negotiation: Mastering the Art of the Deal

Download or read book Just Memos written by Laurel Currie Oates and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful how-to guide focuses exclusively on the proper way to write legal memos. Equally useful for independent study or alongside any standard Legal Writing text, JUST MEMOS: From The Legal Writing Handbook, gives first-year students the extra help they need to master this critical skill.This short paperback text offers instruction that has been proven effective in the classroom: - the text is adapted from the authors' THE Legal Writing HANDBOOK, one of the bestsellers in the field - the authors explain the features unique to memo writing, plus how to apply them in practice - introductory chapters explain the basics of the American legal system and the difference between common and enacted law - a chapter on reading and analyzing statutes and cases is followed by three chapters on how to write a memo and an all-new concluding chapter covers client letters - helpful examples of both simple and more complex memoranda give students insight into the expectations for the finished product - uses the straightforward, step-by-step approach that has made the authors' texts so successfulWhen you want information on memo writing, why use a text that covers other material? Direct your students to Just Memos: From The Legal Writing Handbook, by the authors who are known for their exceptional abilities in this area, and see how effective this new reference can be.

Download or read book Clear and Effective Legal Writing written by Veda Charrow and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With examples drawn from legal writing & student papers, this guide walks students through the writing process & helps them refine their skills in exercises throughout the book. The Second Edition features a reorganized Part I, including three new chapters that help students gain proficiency in reading & analyzing legal materials so they can write more effectively. Part II includes a systematic approach to legal writing; understanding your context; getting organized; writing clearly; writing effectively; & reviewing & editing. Part III covers the process of writing a legal memorandum & an appellate court brief. This Second Edition includes two examples of memoranda, an interoffice memo & a memo of points & authority; a streamlined appendix that provides an overview of English sentence structure; & many enhanced writing exercises.

Download or read book Legal Writing in Plain English written by Bryan A. Garner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems.” —Harvard Law Review Clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. “Those who are willing to approach the book systematically and to complete the exercises will see dramatic improvements in their writing.” —Law Library Journal

Download or read book Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing written by Richard K. Neumann and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revision of Neumann's very successful basic legal writing text, this edition continues to give a strong foundation in legal analysis and to writing while refining and further improving the text based on user's responses. The text focuses on constructing a proof of a conclusion of law and teaches format, style, and grammar alongside the reasoning skills. (Chapter 9, How to Organize Proof of a Conclusion of Law, Is widely regarded as the best explanation of this topic in any legal writing text). The goal is to help students learn how to make writing decisions based on the need to prove analysis. Of special interest are chapters on client interviewing and client letters, sample client letters, An updated citation/quotation chapter to reflect changes in the 16th Edition of the Blue Book, sections that show students how to convert their raw materials into an organized first draft, and explanations on the process of writing - in detail and in many contexts. Combining clear, readable text with effective sample documents and exercises, Neumann has succeeded in creating a sophisticated, yet accessible, text carefully crafted for beginning legal writers. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments PART I: INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND ITS STUDY 1: An Introduction to American Law 1.1 the Origin of Common Law 1.2 How American Courts Are Organized 1.3 an Overview of the Litigation Process 1.4 the Importance of Understanding Procedure 1.5 the Adversary System 2: Rule-Based Reasoning 2.1 the Inner Structure of a Rule 2.2 Organizing the Application of a Rule 2.3 Some Things to Be Careful About with Rules 2.4 Causes of Action and Affirmative Defenses 2.5 Where Rules Come From (Sources of Law) 3: An Introduction to Judicial Opinions 3.1 the Anatomy of an Opinion 3.2 the Interdependence Among Facts, Issues, and Rules 4: Briefing Cases 4.1 Introduction 4.2 How to Brief a Case PART II: INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL WRITING 5: The Art of Legal Writing 5.1 the Language as a Professional Tool 5.2 Your Writing and Your Career 5.3 Predictive Writing and Persuasive Writing 5.4 the Art Forms of Legal Writing 6: The Process of Writing 6.1 Writing in Four Stages 6.2 Analyzing 6.3 Organizing 6.4 the First Draft 6.5 Rewriting 6.6 Some General Advice about Writing PART III: OFFICE MEMORANDA 7: Office Memoranda 7.1 Office Memorandum Format 7.2 Writing an Office Memorandum 8: Initially Obtaining the Facts: Client Interviewing 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Lawyers and Clients 8.3 How to Interview 9:Predictive Writing 9.1 How to Predict 9.2 How to Test Your Writing for Predictiveness 10: How to Organize Proof of a Conclusion of Law 10.1 A Paradigm for Structuring Proof 10.2 Why Readers Prefer This Type of Organization 10.3 How to Vary the Paradigm to Suit Your Needs 10.4 How to Start Working with the Paradigm 10.5 How to Test Your Writing for Effective Organization 11: Selecting Authority 11.1 Introduction 11.2 the Hierarchy of Authority 11.3 How Courts Use Dicta 11.4 How Courts React to Foreign Precedent 11.5 How to Use Foreign Precedent and Other Nonmandatory Authority to Fill a Gap in Local Law 11.6 How to Select Nonmandatory Precedent 11.7 How to Work Effectively in the Library 12: Working with Precedent 12.1 Eight Skills for Working with Precedent 12.2 Formulating a Variety of Rules from the Same Precedent 12.3 Analogizing and Distinguishing 12.4 Eliciting Policy from Precedent 12.5 Synthesis and Reconciliation 12.6 Testing for Realism and Marketability 12.7 Pulling it All Together 13: Working with Statutes 13.1 Ten Tools of Statutory Interpretation 13.2 How to Pull Together Statutory Analysis (Before

Download or read book Legal Writing written by Linda H. Edwards and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization, Seventh Edition by the 2017 Burton Award recipient and renowned author, Linda Edwards, is the only legal writing text that uses a process approach, presenting writing as a logical sequence of steps. Streamlined to meet the needs of today’s students, the Seventh Edition uses adult learning theory concepts and a “flipped classroom” approach to add even greater focus and efficiency to classroom and study time. Key Features: New Chapter (4) on working with statutes. Updated chapter on citation Improved coverage of brief-writing Streamlined chapter on letter writing to better meet the need of a first-year course. Modern process approach, with streamlined content for better absorption by students Clear and informal language Helpful appendices offering sample of office memos, sample letters, and appellate briefs.

Download or read book Maximizing Law Firm Profitability written by Susan G. Manch and published by Law Journal Press. This book was released on 2018-01-28 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive Lawyers shows you how to manage your own practice and how to develop the potential of the people reporting to you.

Download or read book Legal Writing written by Linda Holdeman Edwards and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly acclaimed by reviewers for its dynamic approach to legal writing, Linda Edwards' concise paperback links the most important stage of legal writing--complete and accurate analysis--to the large-scale organization of a document. By continually stressing the importance of sound analysis, author Linda Edwards equips your students to write persuasive and effective legal documents. Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization is divided into two parts: The Process of Writing Predictively: The Office Memo And The Process of Writing Persuasively: The Brief. The 23 chapters of the book are grouped within these areas by 'stage,' reinforcing the emphasis on method and process. Edwards reveals techniques and strategies with the help of: concrete examples and explicit explanations of the analytical process step-by-step instruction, incorporating a building-block approach abundant skill-strengthening exercises helpful checklists in every chapter sample brief and office memoranda in the appendices for clear and coherent guidance on everything from drafting working headlines to overcoming writers' block and recognizing the value of storytelling, turn to Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization.This impressive paperback prepares a foundation for professional success.

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method written by John C. Dernbach and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buy anew versionof this Connected Casebook and receiveaccessto theonline e-book,practice questionsfrom your favorite study aids, and anoutline toolon CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes – portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method continues to provide complete coverage of basic legal writing and analysis with the clarity and precision that has made it a classic in the field. The text is concise and flexible, teaching students to apply legal method concepts to a written or oral argument through a combination of introductory exposition, extensive examples, and practice exercises. Offering great teaching opportunities in the classroom, the lessons and examples also support independent study and review. A valuable text that students will want to keep as practitioners. Key Features: Expanded coverage includes: A new chapter on reading & understanding statutes to help students deconstruct and comprehend legislation and administrative rules. A new chapter on “summary of the law” memoranda to teach students how to draft a document increasingly being used in modern law practice to answer the question “what is the law on . . .” or when a full analysis of a legal issue is not needed. Two new appendices provide examples of a “summary of the law” memorandum in both email and traditional memo format. Improved structure and organization: New emphasis on objective writing as the foundation for in-house memoranda and client communications. New emphasis on guidelines for the use of email for legal memoranda and client correspondence, including the determination of whether email is the appropriate medium and strategies for effective communication. Unparalleled number of examples and exercises, including numerous examples of good and bad writing appear throughout. Clear explanations detail the advantages and disadvantages of each. Unique coverage of the shorter “summary of the law” memo that lawyers are frequently asked to write under a variety of circumstances. when a full analysis of a legal issue is not appropriate. CasebookConnectfeatures: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions fromExamples & Explanations,Emanuel Law Outlines,Emanuel Law in a Flashflashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

Download or read book Writing a Legal Memo written by John Bronsteen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This legal writing book is designed to help students learn the basic elements of writing a legal memo.

Download or read book Guide to Legal Writing Style written by Terri LeClercq and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise paperback focuses on the nuances of legal writing style and provides novice legal writers with the skills they need to polish their writing. Guide to Legal Writing Style, Fourth Edition, intended as an ancillary to any basic legal writing text, expands what students learn in their first-year courses by providing additional techniques and style tips that will help make their writing more precise, readable and elegant. This highly regarded paperback, specifically directed at legal writers, offers crisp, pointed advice written in a personal and humorous style lucid organization that helps students find the information they need most, including practice with basic skills and helpful advice on organization, sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, and formatting an emphasis on legal ethics throughout, with most of the examples and exercises focusing on ethical issues a chapter on organization that compares and contrasts undergraduate terms and goals with those expected by a legal audience a guide that helps students guard against plagiarism short, end-of-chapter exercises, with the answers at the back of the book, that strengthen skills and provide opportunities for self-testing Special features in the Fourth Edition include: an updated interactive CD-ROM with multiple exercises to reinforce the materials in the book, which includes updated and expanded tests of basic skills and click-on answers and explanations a new chapter testing common errors in professional writing, with explanations as well as succinct answers new checklists that reinforce essential advice of each chapter

Download or read book The Legal Writing Handbook written by Laurel Currie Oates and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 1165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the authors’ effective step-by-step approach, The Legal Writing Handbook: Analysis, Research, and Writing walks students through each of the stages of the writing process from pre-writing, drafting, and editing, to the final draft. A leading text for generations of law students, the Eighth Edition gives students a head start as they move into practice. The Legal Writing Handbook offers a complete resource on legal writing. Part I provides students with an introduction to the U.S. Legal System; Part II gives an overview of legal research, with both an introduction to sources and to research strategies; Part III introduces students to predictive memos, e-memos, and client letters; Part IV covers motion briefs; Part V offers an overview of appellate briefs; Part VI introduces oral advocacy; Part VII is a guide to effective writing; Part VIII is a guide to correct writing; and Part IX focuses on the needs of ESL writers. With a new streamlined organization and completely updated content, this is the only book on legal writing students will ever need. New to the Eighth Edition: Streamlined organization with chapters focused on key topics New appendix with easy reference to all the Quick Tips to improve legal writing Updated and added discussion throughout the book on the role of bias in legal language and argumentation A new chapter introducing rhetoric and bias Professors and student will benefit from: Given the breadth of coverage, the book can be easily adapted for two-, three-, or four-semester programs. Multiple examples and sample documents—­this text demystifies legal writing. Helpful overview of the American legal system Step-by-step instruction on how to write formal memos, e-memos, and opinion letters Step-by-step instruction on how to write motion and appellate briefs In-depth instruction on how to write and edit effectively and correctly Resources for ESL law students With online Connected Coursebook access, students receive additional exercises with sample answers and other helpful resources.

Download or read book Writing and Analysis in the Law written by Helene S. Shapo and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal writing of statutes, case law, decisions, memorandums, client interviews, advocacy, appellate briefs, trial briefs, and oral arguments as well as an introduction to citations and using the ALWD Citation Manual is featured.

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method written by John C. Dernbach and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method provides complete coverage and analysis with the clarity and precision that has made it a classic in the field. Discussion, examples, and practice exercises teach students how to apply the concepts of legal writing and legal method to a written analysis or oral argument. The text not only provides a complete foundation for classroom instruction, but also supports independent study and review. Graduates will want to keep this text within reach as they enter legal practice. New to the Seventh Edition: Restructured format to emphasize common themes Consolidated and streamlined chapters that are even more accessible to both professor and students Expanded appendix on email communications Professors and student will benefit from: Accessible introductions that outline and explain legal method Examples of both effective and ineffective approaches to all of the topics covered Focused exercises to develop and practice the skills addressed in each chapter In-depth instruction on reading and understanding both statutes and caselaw synthesizing cases and statutes applying the law to specific facts organizing and drafting a legal analysis the principles of objective writing for memoranda, client communications, and judicial opinion writing the principles of persuasive writing, including structuring an effective argument and writing for the court drafting traditional and shorter “summary of the law” memoranda drafting opinion letters drafting both trial and appellate court briefs Guidelines for using electronic communication for legal memoranda and correspondence—when it is appropriate, and strategies for effective communication in legal writing and practice Integrated treatment of ethics and professional conduct A sample case file in the appendices with memos in both traditional and email format, client letters, and trial and appellate court briefs

Download or read book Legal Writing and Analysis written by Linda H. Edwards and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This streamlined text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Fifth Edition by Linda Edwards, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, and writing office memos, letters, and briefs. The text includes chapters on citation form, writing style, professionalism, and oral argument. The book features special focus on forms of legal reasoning (rules, analogies, policies, principles, customs, inferences, and narrative) complete with examples and exercises. It teaches students to recognize rule structures and use them to organize their document. New to the Fifth Edition: Streamlined chapters and exercises Updated citation materials covering current editions of both citation manuals Product page featuring more material on professional letters and accessible coverage and use of legal theory Professors and students will benefit from: Contextual learning, including important legal method material Superior treatment of how to organize a legal discussion Clear, ample coverage of legal reasoning Practice-oriented approach Numerous examples and short exercises for formative assessment Strong coverage of professional responsibility