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100 1 _aEdwards, Linda Holdeman
_2Local
_990622
245 1 0 _aLegal writing
_bprocess, analysis, and organization
_cLinda H. Edwards.
250 _a4th ed.
260 _aNew York, NY
_bAspen Publishers, Inc.
_cc2006.
300 _axxix, 435 p.
_bill.
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aFirst things first -- 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 -- 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 -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader: the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
650 0 _aLegal composition
_2Local
_9124490
999 _c200063
_d200063