Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, and seminar papers /
by Eugene Volokh ; with foreword by Alex Kozinski.
- New York, N.Y. : [St. Paul, Minn.] : Foundation Press ; Thomson/West, 2003.
- xv, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES AND STUDENT NOTES: THE BASICS -- The initial step: choosing a claim -- Organizing the article -- Converting practical work--such as law firm memos--into academic articles -- Budgeting your time -- Deciding what to set aside -- Choosing a title -- Summary / SEMINAR TERM PAPERS -- Introduction: comparing seminar term papers and academic articles -- Figuring out what your instructor expects -- Finding a topic -- Budgeting your time -- Turning the paper into a publishable article / RESEARCH -- Identifying sample cases and incidents -- Understanding the law -- Knowing when to shift from research to writing / WRITING -- There are no lazy readers--only busy readers -- Go through many drafts -- If you see no red marks on a paragraph, go over it again -- If you need to reread something to understand it, rewrite it -- Read the draft with "new eyes" -- inish the first draft quickly/defeat writer's block by skipping around -- React effectively to your professor's (and other editors') suggestions -- Use section headings and a table of contents to help organize your thinking -- Note down all your ideas -- Things to look for: logic -- Things to look for: writing -- Proofreading -- Editing: two exercises / USING EVIDENCE CORRECTLY -- Read, quote and cite the original source -- Check the studies on which you rely -- Compromise wisely -- Be careful with the terms you use -- Try to avoid foreseeable misunderstandings by readers -- Understand your source -- Handle survey evidence correctly -- When extrapolating, be explicity about your assumptions -- Make sure your comparisons make sense -- A source-checking exercise -- Summary / CITE-CHECKING OTHERS' ARTICLES -- Recommendations for cite-checkers, for law review editors / PUBLISHING AND PUBLICIZING-- Consider publishing outside your school -- Working with law journal editors -- Publicizing the article before it's published -- Publicizing the published article -- Planning the next article / ACADEMIC ETHICS -- Avoiding plagiarism -- Being candid -- Being fair and polite to your adversaries -- Being fair to the law review editors who publish your article -- Preserving confidentiality -- Treating sources fairly, and complying with human subjects protection guidelines -- Making data available / CONCLUSION / APPENDIX -- Clumsy words and phrases -- Answers to exercises -- Sample cover letters.
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Legal composition. Law--Language.--United States Law--Language. Legal composition.