Wolters Kluwer
legal education

Contents

Legal Writing and Analysis

Summary of Contents

Part One:  Lawyers and the Legal Landscape

Chapter 1:  Overview of the Lawyer’s Role
Chapter 2:  The Legal System, the Common Law Process, and Kinds of Authority

Part Two:  Reading and Analyzing the Law

Chapter 3:  Briefing and Synthesizing Cases
Chapter 4:  Interpreting Statutes
Chapter 5:  Forms of Legal Reasoning

Part Three:  Writing the Discussion of a Legal Question

Chapter 6:  The Writing Process and Law-Trained Readers
Chapter 7:  Large-Scale Organization:  Creating an Annotated Outline
Chapter 8:  Small-Scale Organization:  Explaining the Law
Chapter 9:  Small-Scale Organization:  Applying the Law
Chapter 10:  Discussing Multiple Issues:  Putting It All Together
Chapter 11:  Deepening Your Analysis

Part Four:  Predictive Writing

Chapter 12:  Writing and Office Memo
Chapter 13:  Writing Professional Letters

Part Five:  The Shift to Advocacy

Chapter 14:  Introduction to Brief-Writing
Chapter 15:  Point Headings
Chapter 16:  Writing a Fact Statement
Chapter 17:  Writing a Trial-Level Brief
Chapter 18:  Writing an Appellate Brief
Chapter 19:  Using Legal Theory to Sharpen Your Arguments

Part Six:  Style and Formalities

Chapter 20:  Citations and Quotations
Chapter 21:  Paragraphs, Sentences, and Style

Part Seven:  Oral Advocacy

Chapter 22:  Oral Argument

Appendices

Appendix A:  Sample Office Memorandum
Appendix B:  Sample Trial-Level Brief
Appendix C:  Sample Appellate Brief
Appendix D:  Sample Letters
Appendix E:  Cases