A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, now in its Fourth Edition, continues to provide complete, timely coverage with the clarity and precision that have made this text so popular with students and teachers. A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, Fourth Edition, features:
- basic coverage of the essential principles of legal writing and legal method
- a flexible presentation of legal reasoning and analysis skills
- a series of accessible, step-by-step guidelines that neatly unpack each topic
- focused exercises that develop legal writing and reasoning skills
- a consistent and integrated emphasis on professionalism and the rules of professional conduct
- illustrative examples in the Appendices
Updated throughout, the revised Fourth Edition provides:
- new material on electronic communication, including electronic writing, editing, and filing, and email etiquette and ethics
- a new chapter on client letters that focuses on the legal memo and rules for writing an opinion letter
- expanded coverage of how to organize a legal memo
- simplified treatment of how to structure an argument and persuasive writing
- exercises developed specifically for classroom use
- additional sample client letters in the Appendices
A landmark title in its field, the fourth edition of A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method constitutes a thorough revision of a classic for a new generation of law students
