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• Title:A lawyer writes : a practical guide to legal analysis / Christine Coughlin, Joan Malmud Rocklin, and Sandy Patrick.
  
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• Author/Creator:Coughlin, Christine Nero, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Rocklin, Joan Malmud, author.
  Patrick, Sandy, author.
  
• Published/Created:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2018]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .C683 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Lost - 05-16-2023
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Law--United States.
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:xx, 422 pages ; 26 cm
  
• Summary:"This new edition of...[this] text teaches the foundational principles of critical reading, analysis, and writing in a clear and accessible way. By putting the reader in the place of a first-year attorney, the text shows law students how to succeed in law school and in the practice of law. Using graphics and contrasting effective and weak examples to illustrate concepts, the book demonstrates best practices in both traditional and electronic environments...[This book] communicates essential skills and theories so that they will be retained for a lifetime of legal practice."-- Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781531008765
  1531008763
  
• Contents:How attorneys communicate
  Sources and systems of the law 15
  Reading for comprehension
  Finding your argument
  Organizing your legal
  Legal argument
  Explaining the law
  Applying the law
  Conclusions to one legal argument
  Policy
  Statutory analysis
  The discussion section: introducing and connecting legal arguments
  Question presented and brief answer
  Statement of facts
  Conclusion to the memorandum
  Editing and polishing
  Client letters
  Professional email
  The transition from objective to persuasive writing.