Successful Legal Analysis and Writing: The Fundamentals

by Bradley G. Clary, Pamela Lysaght

Offers a clear, concise discussion of the basics of legal analysis and writing for first-year law students. The volume is based on the six essential principles that beginning legal writers need to understand and emphasizes sound legal analysis and communication skills. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Law

206 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was easy to read, well-organized and I am not saying this because one of the co-authors is the director of the writing program in my law school. I liked the examples, as well as how the authors carried on using the same examples for several exercises.

Maybe my only word of caution to future readers is that you may want to supplement the book with something that would teach introductory legal research. This book zooms in on writing and not research methods.

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine for basics, IRAC, but learned more from doing than reading about doing.