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Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer, Sixth Edition
Its effective process approach is the secret to THE LEGAL WRITING HANDBOOK's enduring popularity. By teaching students to progress through necessary stages -- pre-writing, drafting, editing, To final draft -- the authors lead them, step by step, To mastery of skills they will use throughout their careers. Shortened and tightened, but just as effective... Responding to user feedback, The authors have shortened and streamlined their material to make the book more accessible and easier to teach. it retains its basic structure and helps students become effective researchers and writers. The first part of the book covers the basics of the legal system - analyzing statutes and cases, and supplies ...
An internationally bestselling, award-winning novel peering deep into the passions, losses, and reveries of the wife of eighteenth-century explorer Captain James Cook. After twelve years of marriage to English explorer James Cook, Elizabeth has yet to spend an entire year with her husband. In their house by the Thames, she moves to the rhythms of her life as a society wife, but there is so much more to her than meets the eye. She has the fortitude to manage the house and garden, raise their children, and face unbearable sorrow by herself--in fact, she is sometimes in thrall to her own independence. As she prepares for another homecoming, Elizabeth looks forward to James's triumphant return a...
Writing for Litigation, Third Edition, systematically addresses how audience, purpose, strategy, and ethics inform the shape, content, and tone of the full range of litigation documents. Camilla Bridges and Wayne Schiess explain how to draft litigation documents like a lawyer. And because litigation practice can’t be boiled down to a few forms, the authors provide drafting instruction for the full range of documents used in litigation practice —from client engagement letter to motions, discovery, affidavits, and jury instructions. Writing for Litigation, Third Edition is one of those indispensable books that students will refer to again and again, in law school and practice. New to the T...
The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. The original process-based text for teaching students how to write a brief, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy illuminates each step with clear, specific guidance and annotated examples of both good and bad writing that illustrate how it’s done. A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacyis the original process-based persuasive writing text. With h...
Better writing, one case at a time. Professors of legal writing, rhetoric, and technical writing, Katie Guest Pryal and Jordynn Jack have created a manual for improving all stages of the legal writing process, from the invention of strong legal arguments to the crafting of eloquence and style.
The Uncommon Law of Learned Writing encourages and motivates lawyers and nonlawyers alike to prefer plain English to the legalese and verbosity that have plagued legal writing for centuries.
This best-selling book outlines the causes and consequences of bad legal writing and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Usage notes address lawyers' most common errors, and editing exercises allow readers to test their skills, making this an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers as well as a sensible grounding for law students. New sections in this edition: - Getting to the point - Communicating digitally - Writing persuasively - Twenty-five common mistakes"--Provided by publisher.
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Drawn from the brief-writing chapters in the successful Legal Writing Handbook, Just Briefs is a short legal writing text that focuses on