Legal Method and Writing
Fifth Edition
Charles R. Calleros, Arizona State University
2006. 624 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 0-7355-5375-0. With teacher's manual.
About the Book
Known and respected for its broad coverage and sharp focus on the needs of first-year law students, Legal Method and Writing has been fine tuned and updated for its Fifth Edition.
This sophisticated yet accessible book:
- takes a comprehensive and practical approach to teaching writing and analysis skills
- anchors basic skills to familiar examples -- many drawn from contracts and torts -- and ties them to interesting cases
- covers a broad spectrum of legal writing, including
- law office memoranda
- trial court pleadings and motions
- appellate briefs
- contracts
- advice and demand letters
- student case briefs, course outlines, and examination essay answers
- law office memoranda
- is highly regarded for its effectiveness in teaching students to apply legal reasoning skills to professional writing tasks
- includes multicultural issues in problems and examples
- gives students an opportunity to sharpen their skills through practical exercises
- is accompanied by a comprehensive teacher’s manual that gives advice on how to use the book in a variety of course configurations
Be sure to notice that the Fifth Edition features:
- discussion of new developments and new examples to refine and improve existing material
- skillful editing of assignments in the appendices and the coverage of exam writing to control the length of the book
- updated citation coverage to correspond to the new editions of the Bluebook and ALWD