Legal writing
By: Terrill Pollman, Professor of Law William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Judith M. Stinson, Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Elizabeth Pollman, Associate Professor of Law Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Contributors: Stinson, Judith M., author; Pollman, Elizabeth, author
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Examples & explanations
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781454833963
Subjects: Legal composition; Law; Language
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How to use this book; title: Transitioning to legal writing; title: Overview : office memos; title: Choosing authority; title: Interpreting statutes; title: Organizing the discussion; title: Constructing a rule; title: Stating and explaining the rule; title: Applying the law : fact-based analysis; title: Applying the law : analogical analysis; title: Applying the law : policy analysis; title: Writing the introduction to the discussion (or argument); title: Writing the question presented (objective); title: Writing the brief answer; title: Writing the facts; title: Overview : motions and briefs; title: Handling standards of review; title: Developing a theory of the case and themes; title: Writing point headings and subheadings; title: Making persuasive arguments; title: Making persuasive counterarguments; title: Writing the summary of the argument; title: Writing a persuasive fact statement; title: Writing the question presented (persuasive); title: Overview : revising and rewriting; title: Fixing awkward sentence structure; title: Starting paragraphs powerfully; title: Writing concisely to stay within the word count or page limit; title: Bringing it together : transitions and coherence; title: The writer's life : where to go from here.