The pre-writing handbook for law students
Subtitle: a step-by-step guide
By: Laura P. Graham, Miriam E. Felsenburg
Contributors: Felsenburg, Miriam E., author
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781611631845
Subjects: Legal composition
Description: "Intended primarily for use in the first few weeks of the first-semester legal writing course, The Pre-Writing Handbook for Law Students : A Step-by-Step Guide is designed to help students focus on and become competent in the process of legal analysis that precedes their work on early legal writing products such as memos, case briefs, and other documents. The Handbook takes an innovative approach to learning legal analysis, introducing a series of repeatable steps that students can apply to any legal scenario and encouraging students to think metacognitively as they work through the pre-writing process. The confidence students gain from practicing and internalizing the analytic steps of the pre-writing process will result in a smoother writing process and will ultimately translate into a better written product"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: "This Handbook is the outgrowth of the author's empirical research into the struggles encountered by first-year law students as they begin their legal writing classes."-- page ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the four stages of the pre-writing process; title: Understanding the story; title: Understanding your specific assignment; title: Formulating a research plan; title: Incorporating research into your pre-writing process; title: Reading and assessing the relevant authorities; title: Building a bridge between reading and analysis; title: Analyzing your narrow issue; title: Moving from pre-writing to writing.