Legal writing and other lawyering skills /
by Nancy L. Schultz, Louis J. Sirico, Jr.
- 4th ed.
- Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, 2004.
- xxi, 716, 11 pages : forms ; 24 cm + teacher's manual (249 pages ; 28 cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Overview -- 2. Learning about the legal system -- 3. Research strategy -- 4. How to brief a case -- 5. Introdction to legal analysis -- 6. Purpose, context, and structure -- 7. Make your main themes stand out -- 8. Help the reader to understand you -- 9. Meeting the client -- 10. Introduction to the memo -- 11. The memo: heading, issue, and conclusion -- 12. Practice with drafting memos: heading, issues, and conclusions -- 13. The memo: facts and discussion -- 14. Practice with memos: facts and discussion -- 15. Writing the client opinion letter -- 16. Practice with client letters -- 17. Advising the client -- 18. Negotiating -- 19. Drafting settlement agreements -- 20. Drafting pleadings -- 21. Praceice with pleadings -- 22. Discovery -- 23. Writing persuasively -- 24. Writing pre-trial motions -- 25. Drafting jury instructions -- 26. Introduction to writing briefs -- 27. Appellate process and standard of review -- 28. The appellate brief: the introductory parts -- 29. The appellate brief: statement of facts; summary of argument -- 30. Practice in writing the statement of facts and summary of argument -- 31. The appellate brief: argument and conclusion -- 32. Practice writing the argument in an appellate brief -- 33. Basic principles of oral communication -- 34. The appellate argument -- 35. Practice with oral arguments.
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