An innovative and riveting look at briefs from a highly respected author that can be used a primary text in an advanced legal writing class or as a secondary text in a basic legal writing course. The chapters can be taken in any order. In the first part of the book, individual chapters cover advanced legal writing topics such as rhetoric, voice, emotion, metaphor, and narrative. The second part of the book introduces famous cases, with the story of each case. Chapter introductions provide interesting insights, such as historical context, the story of the case and of the litigation of it, information about the lawyers who wrote the briefs on both sides, what the courts decided, and, where relevant, about what has happened since. Compelling content makes it easy to engage students while photos throughout enliven the text. Features: <ul>
<li> Highly respected author </li> <li> Flexibility <ul>
<li> can be used as core text in advanced legal writing with other materials </li> <li> secondary text in a basic legal writing course </li> <li> chapters can be taken in any order </li> </ul>
</li> <li> High-interest, engaging content </li> <li> Each chapter focuses on important legal writing topics <ul>
<li> rhetoric </li> <li> voice </li> <li> emotion </li> <li> metaphor </li> <li> narrative </li> </ul>
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<li> Features famous case </li> <li> Chapter introductions with compelling insights <ul>
<li> historical context </li> <li> the story of the case and its litigation </li> <li> information about the lawyers who wrote the briefs on both sides </li> <li> what the courts decided </li> <li> what has happened since </li> </ul>
</li> <li> Full-text cases and briefs offered on a companion website </li> <li> Photos that enliven the text </li> </ul>

Readings in Persuasion: Briefs that Changed the World (Aspen Coursebook)

Linda H. Edwards

Legal Education

Aspen Publishing

This concise text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Third Edition, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, writing an office memo and professional letters. The author then focuses on writing for advocacy and concludes with style and formalities and a chapter devoted to oral argument. The Third Edition features new material throughout on drawing factual inferences, one of the most important kinds of reasoning for legal writers, as well as additional examples on the book s companion web site. Among the features that make Legal Writing and Analysis a best-selling text : <ul>
<li> It tracks the traditional legal writing course syllabus, providing students with the necessary structure for organizing a legal discussion. </li> <li> The consistent use of the legal method approach, from an opening chapter providing an overview of a civil case and the lawyer s role, to information about the legal system, case briefing, synthesizing cases, and statutory interpretation. </li> <li> The emphasis on analogical reasoning and synthesizing cases, as well as rule-based and policy-based reasoning, with explanations of how to use these types of reasoning to organize a legal discussion. </li> <li> Coverage of the use of precedent, particularly on how to use cases. </li> <li> Superior discussion of small-scale organization, including the thesis paragraph. </li> <li> Numerous examples and frequent short exercises to encourage students to apply concepts. Many exercises focus on first-year courses and others focus on professional responsibility. The Third Edition offers: <ul>
<li> New material on drawing factual inferences, one of the most important kinds of reasoning for legal writers. </li> <li> Citation materials updated to cover the new editions of both ALWD and the Bluebook. </li> <li> Companion web site will include additional examples of office memos, opposing briefs, letters, and summary judgment motions. </li> </ul>
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Legal Writing and Analysis (Aspen Coursebook)

Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive ACCESS to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes – portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. This looseleaf version of the Connected Casebook does not come with a binder. Legal Writing and Analysis, Fourth Edition, is a concise text that still has all of the clarity of Linda Edward’s writing style and process-based approach. In a sequence that mirrors legal practice, students learn to read and analyze the law; discuss and write about legal issues; compose office and email memos, professional correspondence, and briefs; and prepare oral arguments. This book teaches students how to use analogical reasoning, in addition to rule-based and policy-based reasoning, as a tool for synthesizing cases, how to organize a legal discussion using analysis and reasoning, and how to use precedent in persuasive legal writing, particularly with regard to cases. Key Features of The New Edition: <ul>
<li>Thoroughly updated</li> <li>Discusses how to write an office memo via email</li> <li>Demonstrates how to use the optional "deep issue" format when writing issue statements </li> <li>Features expanded coverage of analogizing and distinguishing cases</li> <li>Adds updates to the citation rules, consistent with current citation authorities</li> </ul>
CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples &amp; Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

Legal Writing and Analysis [Connected Casebook] (Looseleaf) (Aspen Coursebook)

Wolters Kluwer

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes – portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. This looseleaf version of the Connected Casebook does not come with a binder. Newest edition of Edwards’s highly successful process-oriented text for legal writing. FEATURES:
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<li>Updated and streamlined</li> <li>Citation coverage updated to reflect the new Bluebook and ALWD editions</li> <li>The section on questions presented revised to cover "deep issues"</li> <li>Added coverage on kinds of arguments that can be used in a brief</li> <li>Coverage deepened on fact statements for briefs</li> <li>New section on writing with confidence in the chapter on writing style for briefs</li> </ul>
CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples &amp; Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization [Connected Casebook] (Looseleaf) (Aspen Coursebook)

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes— portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. This looseleaf version of the Connected Casebook does not come with a binder.
This streamlined text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Fifth Edition by Linda Edwards, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, and writing office memos, letters, and briefs. The text includes chapters on citation form, writing style, professionalism, and oral argument. The book features special focus on forms of legal reasoning (rules, analogies, policies, principles, customs, inferences, and narrative) complete with examples and exercises. It teaches students to recognize rule structures and use them to organize their document. New to the Fifth Edition: <ul>
<li>Streamlined chapters and exercises </li> <li>Updated citation materials covering current editions of both citation manuals</li> <li>Product page featuring more material on professional letters and accessible coverage and use of legal theory</li> </ul>
Professors and students will benefit from: <ul>
<li>Contextual learning, including important legal method material</li> <li>Superior treatment of how to organize a legal discussion</li> <li>Clear, ample coverage of legal reasoning</li> <li>Practice-oriented approach</li> <li>Numerous examples and short exercises for formative assessment</li> <li>Strong coverage of professional responsibility</li> CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples &amp; Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.
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Legal Writing and Analysis [Connected Casebook] (Aspen Coursebook) (Looseleaf)

This is a bundled product containing the following: \nBuy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes— portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. 
This streamlined text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Fifth Edition by Linda Edwards, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, and writing office memos, letters, and briefs. The text includes chapters on citation form, writing style, professionalism, and oral argument. 
The book features special focus on forms of legal reasoning (rules, analogies, policies, principles, customs, inferences, and narrative) complete with examples and exercises. It teaches students to recognize rule structures and use them to organize their document. 
New to the Fifth Edition:\nStreamlined chapters and exercises 
Updated citation materials covering current editions of both citation manuals 
Product page featuring more material on professional letters and accessible coverage and use of legal theory\nProfessors and students will benefit from:\nContextual learning, including important legal method material 
Superior treatment of how to organize a legal discussion 
Clear, ample coverage of legal reasoning 
Practice-oriented approach 
Numerous examples and short exercises for formative assessment 
Strong coverage of professional responsibility 
CasebookConnect features: 
ONLINE E-BOOK 
Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. 
PRACTICE QUESTIONS 
Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. 
OUTLINE TOOL 
Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.\nALWD Guide to Legal Citation, Sixth Edition provides the tools needed for all forms of legal writing, using clear explanations and abundant illustrations. In a single set of rules that the novice and experienced legal writers can easily consult, Professor Barger contrasts the formats used in practice-based documents with those used in academic footnotes.

Legal Writing and Analysis, Fifth Edition bundled with ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, Sixth Edition

Coleen M. Barger

Reference

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