Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, seminar papers, and getting on law review / Eugene Volokh ; with foreword by Alex Kozinski.
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St Paul, MN :
Foundation Press,
[2016]
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Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Finding what to write about (the claim)
- Test suites : making prescriptive claims more sound
- Writing strategy
- Writing the introduction
- Writing the "background" section
- Writing the proof of the claim
- The conclusion, and after the conclusion
- Finishing the first draft, and the zeroth draft
- Tips on researching
- Editing : general principles
- Editing : getting help from your faculty advisor
- Writing : logical problems to watch for
- Writing : paragraph-level problems to watch for
- Writing : sentence/clause problems to watch for
- Writing : word/phrase problems to watch for
- Writing : rhetorical problems to watch for
- Editing exercises
- Using evidence correctly
- Writing and researching : timeline and summary
- A sample highly successful student article
- Turning practical work into articles
- Writing seminar term papers
- Cite-checking others' articles
- Publishing and publicizing
- Entering writing competitions
- Getting on law review
- Academic ethics
- Conclusion
- Appendix I. Clumsy words and phrases
- Appendix II. Answers to exercises
- Appendix III. Sample cover letters.