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• Title:Synthesis : legal reading, reasoning, and writing / Deborah A. Schmedemann, Christina L. Kunz.
  
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• Author/Creator:Schmedemann, Deborah A., 1956-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Kunz, Christina L.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Aspen Publishers, c2003.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .S36 2003 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Law--United States--Interpretation and construction.
  Forensic oratory.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxxiii, 546 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0735527776
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Introduction: The Lawyer's Roles and the Legal System
  Ch. 2. Structure of Legal Rules
  Ch. 3. Reading Cases
  Ch. 4. Fusing Cases
  Ch. 5. Reading Statutes
  Ch. 6. Interpreting Statutes
  Ch. 7. Reading Commentary
  Ch. 8. Applying a Rule to Facts: Deductive Reasoning
  Ch. 9. Applying a Rule to Facts: Reasoning by Example and Policy Analysis
  Ch. 10. Advisory Writing: The Function and Format of the Office Memo
  Ch. 11. Office Memo: The Discussion
  Ch. 12. Office Memo: Issues, Short Answers, and Conclusion
  Ch. 13. Office Memo: The Facts
  Ch. 14. Advisory Writing: The Function and Format of the Advice Letter
  Ch. 15. Advocacy Writing in the Pre-Trial and Trial Setting: The Function and Format of the Motion Practice Memorandum
  Ch. 16. Fundamentals of Advocacy
  Ch. 17. Advocacy Writing in the Appellate Setting: The Function and Format of the Appellate Brief
  Ch. 18. Advanced Advocacy
  Ch. 19. Oral Advocacy
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  App. I. Writing Process
  App. II. Paragraph Design, Sentence Structure, and Word Usage
  App. III.A. Citation: ALWD Citation Manual
  App. III.B. Citation: The Bluebook
  App. IV. Contract Drafting.