Scholarly writing for law students : seminar papers, law review notes and law review competition papers / Elizabeth Fajans, Mary R. Falk.
Publisher's description: Scholarly Writing for Law Students teaches law students how to write scholarly papers for seminars, law reviews, and law-review competitions and how to have their work recognized. It helps novices and more experienced scholars alike to write papers with a minimum of anx...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
West Academic Publishing,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Series: | American casebook series.
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Table of Contents:
- Scholarly writing in law school
- Exploration : choosing and narrowing a topic
- Inspiration : finding and developing a thesis
- The mostly research stage
- The writing process : getting it down on paper
- The writing process : revising and polishing
- Footnotes and the ethical use of borrowed materials
- Writing with care
- Writing with style
- The law review process : evaluating and editing the work of others
- Getting mileage : winning awards, publishing your work, and joining the conversation
- Appendix A. Sample casenote/competition paper
- Appendix B. Answers to exercises
- Appendix C. Scholarly writing workshops and courses
- Appendix D. Seminar paper rubric.