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Legal reasoning, writing, and other lawyering skills / Robin Slocum, Gina Nerger.

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"The fourth edition of Legal Reasoning, Writing and Other Lawyering Skills draws on lessons from neuroscience and psychology to deepen students' understanding of self and others, and of the emotional biases and filters that undermine their efforts to "think like a lawyer." The fo...

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Main Authors: Slocum, Robin Wellford (Author), Nerger, Gina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, [2022]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Legal composition.
Law > United States > Methodology.
Řdaction juridique.
Droit > États-Unis > ̌Mthodologie.
Law > Methodology.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to legal writing & other lawyering skills
  • Introduction to American legal system
  • Reading and briefing cases : the basics
  • The lawyer as advisor : "human" factors that complicate your role
  • The lawyer as investigator : the client interview
  • Evaluating rules of law
  • Evaluating a case
  • Evaluating how an earlier case affects your client
  • The office memorandum : an overview
  • The discussion section : the basic template for analysis
  • The discussion section : drafting the analysis (single case)
  • Evaluating multiple cases
  • The discussion section : drafting the analysis (multiple cases)
  • The discussion section : drafting roadmap paragraphs
  • Drafting an office memo : completing the draft
  • Revising and finalizing the memo : content & organizational structure
  • Revising & finalizing the memo : sentence structure & word choice
  • Selecting cases for the memo
  • Drafting short memos : the thin-sliced analysis
  • Professional e-mail communications
  • Drafting client letters
  • The lawyer as advisor/collaborator : counseling the client
  • Persuasive writing style strategies
  • Fact-centered arguments : pre-drafting strategies
  • Fact-centered arguments : drafting the argument
  • Law-centered arguments : working with mandatory case precedent
  • Law-centered arguments : working with policy
  • Law-centered arguments : working with statutes
  • Drafting law-centered arguments based on statutes & policy
  • Addressing unfavorable law and arguments
  • Trial & appellate court briefs
  • Trial & appellate court briefs : the factual statement
  • Trial & appellate court briefs : drafting roadmaps of the argument
  • Summary judgment briefs
  • Appellate court briefs : scope of review & statement of the issues
  • Oral arguments
  • Demand & settlement letters.

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