Legal Writing Companion : Problems, Solutions, and Samples

Murray, Kristen E.; Wherry, Jessica Lynn

ISBN 10: 1531013724 / ISBN 13: 9781531013721

Published by Carolina Academic Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Legal Writing Companion : Problems, Solutions, and Samples
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531013724
• ISBN 13: 9781531013721
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The Legal Writing Companion is a practical, helpful guide for the new legal writer, designed to address common problems and demonstrate how and why to make effective choices to solve them. The second edition offers additional examples based on a complex federal statutory issue to supplement the first edition's common law examples. The book continues to receive high praise from student users, and the second edition features a student-written introduction.

Organized by eight common "problem" areas, the book uses two fictional case files to work through a series of problems and includes samples of both strong and weak writing choices. Chapters 1-3 identify and discuss common challenges during the prewriting stage, including the transition to writing a full first draft. Chapters 4-6 focus on organizing legal analysis, writing and explaining legal rules, and applying law to facts. In the second edition, these chapters include an expanded discussion of the process of rewriting and revising a draft. Chapter 7 discusses problems and solutions related to the smaller components of legal writing, and Chapter 8 troubleshoots common polishing errors, from overuse of legalese to common citation problems. There are also four complete/annotated memos in the Appendices to pull together the themes presented in the text and show multiple models of successful finished products.

About the Authors

Kristen Murray is an Associate Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Jessica Lynn Wherry is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.