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• Title:The legal writing handbook : analysis, research, and writing / Laurel Currie Oates (Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law), Anne M. Enquist (Professor Emeritus, Seattle University School of Law), Jeremy Francis (Clinical Professor of Law, Writing Specialist, Michigan State University College of Law).
  
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• Author/Creator:Oates, Laurel Currie, 1951- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Enquist, Anne, 1950- author.
  Francis, Jeremy (Law teacher), author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Wolters Kluwer, [2021]
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .O18 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Legal research--United States.
  
• Edition:Eighth edition.
  
• Description:xxxvi, 963 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
  
• Series:Aspen coursebook series.
  
• Summary:"Introductory text on legal research, analysis, and writing"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781543830415 paperback
  1543830412 paperback
  9781543830422 electronic book
  
• Contents:Making the transition
  The United States legal system
  Mandatory vs. persuasive authority
  Reading statutes
  Reading cases
  Primary authority
  Secondary authority
  Finding tools
  Citators
  Developing effective research strategies
  Drafting memos
  Getting the assignment
  Drafting the heading and statement of facts
  Drafting the issue statement and brief answer
  Drafting the discussion section
  Drafting the formal conclusion
  Revising, editing, and proofreading the memo
  Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis
  E-memos
  Drafting advice letters
  Introduction to rhetoric and bias
  Motion briefs
  Deciding on a theory of the case
  Drafting the caption and introduction
  Drafting the statement of facts
  Ordering the issues and arguments
  Drafting the issue statements
  Drafting the argumentative headings
  Drafting the arguments
  Drafting the prayer for relief and signing the brief
  Sample briefs
  Practicing before an appellate court
  Drafting an appellate brief : audience, purpose, and conventions
  Getting the case : United States v. Josephy
  Preparing to write the brief
  Planning the brief
  Beginning the appellate brief : the cover, tables, and jurisdictional statement
  Drafting the statement of issues presented for review
  Drafting the statement of the case and statement of facts
  Drafting the summary of the argument
  Drafting the argumentative headings
  Drafting the arguments
  Completing the brief
  Sample briefs
  Preparing and presenting an effective oral argument
  Effective writing : the whole document
  Connections between paragraphs
  Effective paragraphs
  Connections between sentences
  Effective sentences
  Effective words
  Bias-free language
  Eloquence
  Grammar
  Punctuation
  Mechanics
  Legal writing for English-as-a-second-language writers.