process, analysis, and organization Edwards, Linda Holdeman creator text bibliography nyu New York, NY Aspen Publishers c2010 2010 5th ed. monographic eng

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xxvii, 461 p. forms 26 cm. teacher's manual. First things first : the process of writing predictively : the office memo -- Outlining a rule of law -- Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue -- Formulating a rule from a case opinion -- Formulating a rule from multiple authorities -- Using a rule to form the structure : special circumstances : drafting for analysis : writing the working draft -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule explanation -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule application -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities -- Writing the analysis of multiple issues : Converting your working draft to an office memo -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader : the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo : Revising to achieve a final draft -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style : Professional letter writing -- Writing professional letters : the process of writing persuasively : the brief : structuring for persuasion : outlining the working draft -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft : Converting the working draft to a brief -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts : Revising to achieve a final draft -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument. Linda H. Edwards. Includes bibliographical references and index. Legal composition KF 250 .E38 2010 808/.06634 9780735585140 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0735585148 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780735585157 (pbk. ; teacher's manual) 0735585156 (pbk. ; teacher's manual) 2009054424 PUCPR 091231 20200229021018.0 300002