Strategic Legal Writing

ISBN-13: 9780521878739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str.

Donald N. Zillman; Evan Roth

Opis

Many legal writing texts emphasize how one writes; this book is unique because it also focuses on why one writes. Every chapter challenges the reader to write to achieve a strategic objective. Each assignment has been carefully considered by the authors, and fully vetted to simulate the decision-making involved in the preparation of important legal writing, whether in a general counsel's office, a law office, a government attorney's office, or a judge's chambers. Simply put, the authors' approach is that effective legal writing does not exist in a vacuum. This book provides practical assignments that teach the student that the best legal writing is not an end in itself, but a means to a larger strategic objective.

Spis treści

1. Prayer at the athletic banquet; 2. How to draft a complaint; 3. Terminating Professor Melton; 4. How to draft a motion; 5. Mr Blaustein's gift; 6. How to respond to a motion; 7. Counseling Dean Covelli; 8. How to draft a judicial opinion; 9. Advising Professor Melton; 10. How to draft a motion for summary judgment.