TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmedemann,Deborah A.
AU  - Kunz,Christina L.
TI  - Synthesis: legal reading, reasoning, and writing
SN  - 9780735562837
AV  - KF 250 .S36 2007
U1  - 808/.06634 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Aspen Publishers/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
KW  - Legal composition
KW  - Local
KW  - Forensic oratory
KW  - Law
KW  - United States
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - LEMB
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The lawyer's roles and the legal system -- The structure of legal rules -- Reading cases -- Fusing cases -- Reading statutes -- Interpreting statutes -- Reading commentary -- Applying a rule to facts: deductive reasoning -- Applying a rule to facts: reasoning by example and public policy analysis -- Rule-driven writing: the IRAC template -- Advisory writing: the function and format of the office memo -- The office memo: the discussion -- The office memo: issues, short answers, and conclusion -- The office memo: the facts -- Advisory: the function and format of the advice letter -- Persuasive writing: the function and format of the demand letter -- Advocacy writing in the pre-trial and trial setting: the function and format of the motion practice memorandum -- Fundamentals of advocacy -- Advocacy writing in the appellate setting: the function and format of the appellate brief -- Advanced advocacy -- Oral advocacy
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007009695.html
ER  -