The legal writing handbook : analysis, research, and writing / Laurel Currie Oates, Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law ; Anne Enquist, Director, Legal Writing Program, Professor of Lawyering Skills, Seattle University School of Law
Making the transition -- The United States legal system -- Reading and analyzing statutes and cases -- Researching issues governed by state statutes and regulations -- Researching plan for issues governed by federal statutes and regulations -- Researching issues governed by city or county ordinances -- Researching issues governed by common law -- Researching constitutional issues -- Researching issues governed by federal, state, or local court rules -- Citators -- Drafting memos -- Drafting memo 1 -- Drafting memo 2 -- Drafting memos requiring others types of analysis -- Drafting E-memos, email, and text messages -- Drafting letters -- Writing a motion brief -- Writing an appellate brief -- Oral advocacy -- Effective writing -- the whole paper -- Connections between paragraphs -- Effective apragraphs -- Connections between sentences -- Effective sentences -- Effective words -- Eloquence -- Grammar -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Before you practice -- Legal writing for English-as-a-Second-language writers
