Legal Writing And Other Lawyering Skills, 5e

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Synopsis
With a consistent emphasis on precision and good organization, Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills, Fifth Edition, shows students how tod raft memoranda, opinion letters, pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents. But because communication in the practice of law occurs in specificcontexts, authors Nancy L. Schultz and Louis J. Sirico, Jr . teach other valuable lawyering skills, such as client counseling, negotiating,and how to present an oral argument before the court, in this timely andstudent-friendly text. Now with a more contemporary look that reflects a new publisher and revisions requested by users of the text, the Fifth Edition of Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills features: a straightforward and student-friendly approach, framed and supported by a logical organization, streamlined coverage that focuses on basic communication skills in practice, complete coverage of legal writing--with outstanding chapters on writing style and how to write a memo, in-depth instruction on legal analysis, oral argument, and how to write an appellate brief, a helpful preliminary overview of the American legal system, refreshed, updated, and carefully honed practice exercises, expanded coverage of electronic research, new coverage of electronic communication, format, etiquette, ethics, and liability, thoroughly up-to-date court citations, cases, and sample documents, generous use of sample documents within the text and in the Appendices. The focused exercises and examples in Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills, Fifth Edition, simulate the tasks performed by lawyers in practice and reflect the authors' forward-looking, practice-based approach to teaching writing and lawyering skills to law students.
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
415 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780735594029
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Aspen Publishers
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Communication
Submitted By:
Daproim Africa
Proofread By:
Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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