Legal Secretaries & Paralegals, Legal Writing, Legal Profession - General & Miscellaneous, Legal Research, Technical Writing, Legal Reference - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
When you examine LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING FOR PARALEGALS, Third Edition, you will see why so many instructors rely on this exceptionally clear, logical, and well-organized text. Proven effective in the classroom, this comprehensive reference prepares prospective paralegals for some of their most important responsibilities.Provides everything students nees to master the basics:
- comprehensive overview of research and writing skills, reinforced by illustrations and exercises
- integrates writing strategies into each research chapter to demostrate the link between the two processes
- discusses electronic sources for legal research, inlcuding LEXIS, WESTLAW, and the Internet
- thoroughly explains proper citation form and updating/validating legal authorities, including Shepardizing and KeyCiting
- includes samples of legal writing, such as letters, a court brief, and a legal memorandum
- boxes offer technology tips (such as useful Internet addresses) and figures demonstrate and summarize topics reviewed in the text
- two glossaries; one for internet-related terms in the appropriate chapter, the other for the rest of the text at the end the book
- Bouchoux's new chapter on internet research includes a glossary of terms, discusses the process of performing research online, includes strategies and tips, explores some ethical concerns regarding use of the internet, and concludes with a list of the best internet research sites, including cover of Loislaw.
- writing samples, including a new legal memorandum in the appendix
- completely revised text reflects the changing nature of legal publishing
- new section on using ALWD Citation Manual
- assignmentsthroughout the book
Synopsis
When you examine Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals, Third Edition, you will see why so many instructors rely on this exceptionally clear, logical, and well-organized text. Proven effective in the classroom, this comprehensive reference prepares prospective paralegals for some of their most important responsibilities.Provides everything students need to master the basics: -- comprehensive overview of research and writing skills, reinforced by illustrations and exercises-- integrates writing strategies into each research chapter to demonstrate the link between the two processes-- discusses electronic sources for legal research, including Lexis, Westlaw, and the Internet-- thoroughly explains proper citation form and updating/validating legal authorities, including Shepardizing and KeyCiting-- includes samples of legal writing, such as letters, a court brief, and a legal memorandum-- boxes offer technology tips (such as useful Internet addresses) and figures demonstrate and summarize topics reviewed in the text-- two glossaries; one for internet-related terms in the appropriate chapter, the other for the rest of the text at the end of the bookThe Third Edition introduces a wealth of new material: -- entirely new chapter devoted to conducting legal research using the internet provides a brief introduction, includes a glossary of terms, discusses the process of performing research online, includes strategies and tips, explores some ethical concerns regarding use of the internet, and concludes with a list of the best internet research sites, including coverage of LoisLaw-- new writing samples, including a new legal memorandum in the appendix--completely revised text reflects the changing nature of legal publishing-- new section on using the ALWD Citation Manual-- new assignments throughout the book-- completely updated Instructor's Manual with answer keys for all the assignments, extra assignments for each chapter, and additional sample documentsBook Details
Published
October 1, 2001
Publisher
Aspen Publishers
Pages
743
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780735524125