Overview
Give your paralegal students a legal writing text that is designed with their specific needs in mind. BASIC LEGAL WRITING FOR PARALEGALS, Second Edition, is concise, accessible, current, and focused exclusively on legal writing.
The authors concentrate on the material paralegal students must master:
- the entire legal writing process, guiding students through each stage from prewriting strategies to revising, covering the IRAC method, legal memoranda, letters, and more
- precise focus on essentials-basics of the legal system, overview of style and grammar, case briefing, legal memoranda, persuasive writing, including complaints and answers, the specialized documents paralegals often draft (witness statements, file summaries, deposition summaries, and deposition abstracts), and letters
- clear and engaging examples throughout the text help students understand how to apply concepts
- helpful pedagogy, including chapter overviews, chapter summaries, key terms, and exercises
Thoroughly revised for its Second Edition, the text offers thoughtful new material:
- a simpler example of a slip-and-fall case in the legal memorandum chapter, which now offers both a basic and a more advanced example
- complete sample memoranda included in an appendix
- rewritten case briefing chapter now provides clearer examples based on real cases
- e-mail correspondence added to the chapter on Letter Writing
- practice tips, Net Notes, and Ethics Alerts appear throughout the book
- more exercises, particularly on grammar and citation
- citation appendix now includes ALWD as well as the Bluebook
- redesigned text increases accessibility
Synopsis
Writing for students and practitioners, Sanborn and Yelin (Loyola U.) give step-by-step instructions on a variety of types of writings paralegals encounter on a daily basis. They begin with an introduction to the American legal system and what the law does and then cover basic writing skills before proceeding to case briefing and analysis. Coverage includes writing legal memoranda and short documents, gathering facts, writing with the IRAC (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion) method, synthesizing cases and authorities, outlining, writing persuasively, creating in-house and objective client documents, and writing letters. Exercises and examples are included. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR