TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shapo,Helene S.
AU  - Walter,Marilyn R.
AU  - Fajans,Elizabeth
TI  - Writing and analysis in the law
SN  - 9781609302726
AV  - KF 250 .S5 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - [New York], St. Paul, Minn.
PB  - Foundation Press, West
KW  - Legal composition
KW  - Local
KW  - Law
KW  - United States
KW  - Methodology
KW  - LEMB
N1  - Includes index; Introduction to the legal system and legal writing -- Analyzing legal authority : case law -- Analyzing legal authority : statutes -- Organization of a legal discussion : large-scale organization -- Organization of a legal discussion : small-scale organization -- The thesis paragraph -- Writing a legal document : the legal memorandum -- The writing process -- Effective paragraphs -- Sentence structure -- Types of legal arguments in resolving questions of law -- Interviewing the client -- Counseling the client -- Letter writing -- The trial brief : memorandum of law in support of or in opposition to a motion -- Writing the appellate brief -- Oral argument
ER  -