Becoming A Legal Writer

Boyle-Laisure, Robin

Patrick, Sandy

Coughlin, Christine Nero

Carolina Academic Press

This workbook will help develop two essential lawyering skills: objective analysis and writing. Providing ample foundation in every chapter followed by exercises, Becoming a Legal Writer is designed to complement any legal writing book or be used as a stand-alone text for academic support or pre-law instruction. Students will learn fundamental lawyering skills such as formulating questions to ask clients upon intake, exploring research strategies into systems of law, developing critical reading skills for statutes and cases, briefing cases, extrapolating implicit and explicit rules, synthesizing rules, organizing and applying the law into objective written analysis, and polishing their writing.

Becoming a Legal Writer: A Workbook with Explanations to Develop Objective Legal Analysis and Writing Skills

Coughlin, Christine

Legal Education

This new edition of the popular 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.

A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

Rocklin, Joan

Product Description 
This book provides a comprehensive, reader-friendly approach to researching, writing, and publishing a variety of documents relevant to legal practice in today's world, including law journal articles, seminar papers and capstone projects, bar journal articles, policy papers, op-eds, social media posts and blogs, and even creative works. With helpful examples and clear step-by-step instructions, this book meets writers where they are and encourages them to find their unique scholarly and professional voice. 
 About the Author 
Christine Nero Coughlin is a Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law.\nSandy C. Patrick is a Professor of Lawyering at Lewis & Clark Law School.\nMatthew Houston is a practicing attorney with an international law firm, focusing his practice on the litigation and resolution of complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis on contract disputes, commercial torts cases, and real estate disputes. He is also an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law.\nA former member of the faculty at Wake Forest School of Law, Liz McCurry Johnson is a practicing attorney at the firm of Crosswhite, Crosswhite & Johnson.

Modern Legal Scholarship: A Guide to Producing and Publishing Scholarly and Professional Writing

Houston, Matthew

McCurry Johnson, Elizabeth

Click here to view a side by side comparison of the first and second editions. 
The second edition of An Advocate Persuades is reorganized into four parts: (1) Introduction to Advocacy; (2) Developing Arguments from a Persuasive Perspective; (3) Constructing Persuasive Court Documents (both at the trial and appellate level); and (4) Oral Argument (both at the trial and appellate level). The book also has an expanded appendix, which provides an overview of trial and appellate litigation in both civil and criminal cases, annotated trial and appellate briefs, and advice about moot court competitions. 
The book's first part, an Introduction to Advocacy, provides an overview of the nature of persuasion generally and the core ethical standards that an advocate is required to follow. 
The second part focuses on the heart of persuasive advocacy―developing persuasive arguments. This part provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step advice that students can rely on whether they are drafting a trial motion or appellate brief. The advice is provided in five chapters: Chapter 3, Organizing Claims and Arguments; Chapter 4, Themes for Persuasive Arguments; Chapter 5, Drafting Persuasive Arguments; Chapter 6, Refining Persuasive Arguments; and Chapter 7, Editing Persuasive Arguments. The content in these chapters has been significantly revised to provide detailed coverage in a practical and accessible format. The chapters incorporate lists, checklists, graphics, charts, and updated, annotated examples to aid students' understanding of the concepts and theories described. 
The third part, Constructing Persuasive Court Documents, describes the court documents through which attorneys present their persuasive arguments. It starts with Chapter 8, Trial Motions & Motion Practice, which focuses on trial practice, trial court motions, and supporting memoranda. Chapter 9, Appellate Briefs & Appellate Practice, introduces readers to the world of appellate courts by explaining the appellate process, the relevant players, standards of review, and how to draft various components of the appellate brief. Finally, Chapter 10, Statements of Fact and of the Case, describes how to construct a persuasive recitation of facts, focusing on which facts to include and how to present them in the light most favorable to the drafter's client. Each chapter provides numerous annotated examples, allowing the reader to see both effective and ineffective techniques. 
The fourth part, Oral Argument, now consists of five subsections designed to demystify the process of oral argument. These sections provide students the step-by-step guidance they need whether arguing before a trial or appellate court. The five sections are (1) The Purpose of Oral Argument; (2) Preparing for Oral Argument; (3) Presenting Oral Argument; (4) Trial Courts vs. Appellate Courts; and (5) Remote Oral Arguments. The newly created fifth section provides students with instruction and practical advice for presenting oral argument remotely. 
The second edition of An Advocate Persuades aims to provide clear and concrete instruction about each facet of the persuasive writing and oral argument process in a logical order consistent with how an advocate will typically perform the tasks. The text's practical approach to theory, coupled with insightful examples, will enable readers to transfer their understanding to real-life legal settings. With straightforward advice, informative graphics, and an accessible layout, this text will be useful both to students in the classroom and to lawyers already in legal practice.

An Advocate Persuades

Rocklin, Robert

Like the popular earlier editions, the fourth edition of A Lawyer Writes puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney faced with real-life assignments. In doing so, it teaches law students not only how to succeed in law school, but also how to succeed in the practice of law. Using graphics and visual samples that demonstrate both effective and ineffective analytical techniques, this updated edition illustrates best practices for objective legal analysis and provides an overview of the transition from objective to persuasive writing. The content and examples in the fourth edition have been supplemented, updated, and reorganized to provide an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach for learning legal analysis and objective writing. A Lawyer Writes aims to provide clear and concrete instruction about each facet of legal analysis, using the same order students will follow when performing the tasks in legal practice. The textbook also provides the relevant theory and background behind the choices attorneys make in their legal writing, enabling students to transfer those techniques to future settings. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories students can use throughout a lifetime of legal practice.

Whether you are starting law school or preparing to start the practice of law, you need to learn the essential skills and theory of your trade. A Lawyer Writes puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney tasked with real life assignments. In doing so, it teaches law students not only how to succeed in law school, but also how to succeed in the practice of law. The book uses graphics and visual samples to demonstrate the variety of ways in which attorneys write effectively, showing best practices in both traditional and electronic environments. Speaking to its reader in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories so that they will be retained for a lifetime of legal practice.

An Advocate Persuades introduces its reader to the role of the advocate and the tools of persuasion. This book, like its predecessor A Lawyer Writes, places the reader in the role of a first-year attorney. Now, that first-year attorney must draft a motion or appellate brief and then present an oral argument. With step-by-step explanations and numerous examples, An Advocate Persuades explains how to develop and refine trial-level and appellate arguments and then how to present those arguments orally. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, An Advocate Persuades communicates both the theories and foundational skills of persuasion so that they will be retained for a lifetime of legal practice.

Like the very popular first edition, this second edition puts the reader in the place of a first-year attorney faced with real life assignments. In doing so, it teaches law students not only how to succeed in law school, but also how to succeed in the practice of law. Using graphics and visual samples, the book shows best practices in both traditional and electronic environments. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories so that they will be retained for a lifetime of legal practice. There are two significant changes in the second edition of A Lawyer Writes. First, two new chapters have been added: Chapter 17, Client Letters, and Chapter 19, The Transition from Objective to Persuasive Writing. (What was Chapter 17, Professional E-mails, will appear as Chapter 18.) In addition, section 8.3, Applying the Law: Counter Analyses, has been re-organized, but the content has remained the same. All other updates to the book are smaller edits that fix errors, create consistency, or further clarify an existing idea.

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Becoming A Legal Writer

Becoming a Legal Writer: A Workbook with Explanations to Develop Objective Legal Analysis and Writing Skills

A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

Modern Legal Scholarship: A Guide to Producing and Publishing Scholarly and Professional Writing

An Advocate Persuades

A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

An Advocate Persuades

A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis