Clear and Effective Legal Writing : With Teacher's Manual Book

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I. Learning to Read Legal Materials

1. A Short History of Legal Language

2. Categories of Legal Writing

3. Sources of the Law and Our System of Courts

4. The Litigation Process

5. Reading, Analyzing, and Briefing a Case

6. Synthesizing the Law from a Series of Cases

PART II. Learning to Write Legal Documents

7. A Systematic Approach to Legal Writing

8. Understanding Your Context

9. Getting Organized

10. Writing Clearly

11. Writing Effectively

12. Reviewing and Editing

PART II Creating Specific Legal Documents

13. Writing an Intraoffice Memo

14. Writing a Memorandum of Points and Authorities

15. Writing an Appelate Brief

Appendix: An Overview of English Sentence Structure

Index