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Takes a comprehensive and practical approach to teaching writing and analysis skills; and anchors basic skills to familiar examples. This book covers different types of legal writing, including writing in law school, writing in the law office, advocacy writing, appellate brief, pretrial advocacy, and writing to parties.

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• Part I Law School--Getting Started
• Introduction to Writing Style: Policy, Purpose, and Audience
• Overview of the Case Method of Study
• Part II Introduction to the Legal System
• Common Law
• Legislation
• Part III Legal Method and Analysis
• The Role of Precedent: The Court System and Stare Decisis
• Deductive Reasoning and IRAC--Introduction to Legal Analysis
• Part IV Stepping Stones to Legal Memoranda--Case Briefs, Outlines, and Essay Exams
• Case Briefs
• Reorganization, Summary, and Inductive Reasoning in Outline Form
• Essay Examinations
• Part V Neutral Analysis--The Office Memorandum of Law
• Introduction to the Law Library
• Content of the Office Memorandum of Law
• Organization of Office Memoranda and Briefs
• Legal Writing Style in the Office Memorandum
• Presenting, Quoting, and Citing to Authority
• Part VI Introduction to Advocacy
• Advocacy: Overview and Ethics
• Developing Your Legal Arguments
• Expressing Your Advocacy: Persuasive Writing Style and Oral Argument
• Part VII Appellate Briefs
• Standards of Appellate Review
• The Brief--Effective Appellate Advocacy
• Part VIII Pretrial Advocacy--Pleadings and Motions
• Pleadings
• Motion for Summary Judgment
• Motion to Exclude Evidence Before Trial
• Part IX Writing to Parties: Contracts and Correspondence
• Contracts
• Advice Letters
• Demand Letters