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A lawyer writes : a practical guide to legal analysis / Christine Coughlin, Joan Malmud Rocklin, Sandy Patrick

Author
Coughlin, Christine Nero
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2024]
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Description
xxii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators
Rocklin, Joan Malmud and Patrick, Sandy

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Contents
How attorneys communicate -- Sources and systems of the law -- Reading for comprehension -- Finding your arguments -- Organizing your legal authority -- One legal argument -- Explaining the law -- Applying the law -- Beginning and ending one legal argument -- Policy -- Statutory analysis -- The discussion section : introducing and connecting legal arguments -- Question presented and brief answer -- Statement of facts -- Conclusion to the memorandum -- Editing and polishing -- Client letters -- Professional emails -- The transition from objective to persuasive writing.
Summary
"Like the popular earlier editions, the fourth edition of A Lawyer Writes puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney faced with real-life assignments. In doing so, it teaches law students not only how to succeed in law school, but also how to succeed in the practice of law. Using graphics and visual samples that demonstrate both effective and ineffective analytical techniques, this updated edition illustrates best practices for objective legal analysis and provides an overview of the transition from objective to persuasive writing. The content and examples in the fourth edition have been supplemented, updated, and reorganized to provide an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach for learning legal analysis and objective writing. A Lawyer Writes aims to provide clear and concrete instruction about each facet of legal analysis, using the same order students will follow when performing the tasks in legal practice. The textbook also provides the relevant theory and background behind the choices attorneys make in their legal writing, enabling students to transfer those techniques to future settings. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories students can use throughout a lifetime of legal practice"--
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ISBN
9781531020699 (paperback)
1531020690
9781531020705 (ebook)
Other Edition
Revision of: Coughlin, Christine Nero. Third edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2018]
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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