Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization

by Linda Holdeman Edwards

Highly acclaimed by reviewers for its dynamic approach to legal writing, Linda Edwards' concise paperback links the most important stage of legal writing--complete and accurate analysis--to the large-scale organization of a document. By continually stressing the importance of sound analysis, author Linda Edwards equips your students to write persuasive and effective legal documents. Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization is divided into two parts: The Process of Writing Predictively: The Office Memo and The Process of Writing Persuasively: The Brief. The 23 chapters of the book are grouped within these areas by 'stage, ' reinforcing the emphasis on method and process. Edwards reveals techniques and strategies with the help of: concrete examples and explicit explanations of the analytical process step-by-step instruction, incorporating a building-block approach abundant skill-strengthening exercises helpful checklists in every chapter sample brief and office memoranda in

Genres: Law, Reference

420 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1995

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This might be the worst textbook I've ever used.