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• Title:Legal writing / 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.
  
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• Author/Creator:Pollman, Terrill, 1948- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Stinson, Judith M., author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Wolters Kluwer, [2019]
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .L398 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
  Law--United States--Language.
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:xiii, 418 pages ; 26 cm
  
• Series:Examples & explanations series.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781454891222
  145489122X
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION
  ch. 1 How to Use This Book
  ch. 2 Transitioning to Legal Writing
  pt. II OBJECTIVE WRITING
  ch. 3 Overview: Office Memos
  ch. 4 Choosing Authority
  ch. 5 Interpreting Statutes
  ch. 6 Organizing the Discussion
  ch. 7 Constructing a Rule
  ch. 8 Stating and Explaining the Rule
  ch. 9 Applying the Law: Fact-Based Analysis
  ch. 10 Applying the Law: Analogical Analysis
  ch. 11 Applying the Law: Policy Analysis
  ch. 12 Writing the Introduction to the Discussion (or Argument)
  ch. 13 Writing the Question Presented (Objective)
  ch. 14 Writing the Brief Answer
  ch. 15 Writing the Facts
  ch. 16 Writing the Conclusion Section
  pt. III PERSUASIVE WRITING
  ch. 17 Overview: Motions and Briefs
  ch. 18 Handling Standards of Review
  ch. 19 Developing a Theory of the Case and Themes
  ch. 20 Writing Point Headings and Subheadings
  ch. 21 Making Persuasive Arguments
  ch. 22 Making Persuasive Counterarguments
  ch. 23 Writing the Summary of the Argument
  ch. 24 Writing a Persuasive Fact Statement
  ch. 25 Writing the Question Presented (Persuasive)
  pt. IV REVISING AND REWRITING
  ch. 26 Overview: Revising and Rewriting
  ch. 27 Fixing Awkward Sentence Structure
  ch. 28 Starting Paragraphs Powerfully
  ch. 29 Writing Concisely to Stay Within the Word Count or Page Limit
  ch. 30 Bringing It Together: Transitions and Coherence
  ch. 31 Writer's Life: Where to Go From Here
  APPENDICES
  Appendix A "Cell Phone Manslaughter" Problem
  Appendix B "Copyright and Fair Use" Problem
  Appendix C Checklists.