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
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