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The legal writing handbook : analysis, research and writing. / Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist - 6th ed. - New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2014. - xl, 897 p. : ill.; - Aspen Coursebook Series .

Includes index.

Contents: Making the transition -- The United States legal system -- Reading and analyzing statutes and cases -- Researching issues governed by State statutes and regulations -- Researching plan for issues governed by Federal statutes and regulations -- Researching issues governed by common law -- Researching constitutional issues -- Researching issues governed by federal, state or local court rules -- Citators -- Drafting memos -- Drafting memo 1 -- Drafting memo 2 -- Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis -- Drafting e-memos, email and other text messages -- Drafting letters -- Writing a motion brief -- Writing an appellate brief -- Oral advocacy -- Effective writing-the whole paper -- Connections between paragraphs -- Effective paragraphs -- Connections between sentences -- Effective sentences -- Effective words -- Eloquence -- Grammar -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Before you practice -- Legal writing for English-as-a-second-language writers --

ISBN: 9781454841555

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Legal research --United States
Legal composition.

LC Class. No.: KF250.O18

Dewey Class. No.: 808.06'634