The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing, Spiral bound Version

First Edition
Author: William H. Putman, JD
ISBN #: 1401865976
©2006   Publish Date: 08/05/2005
Binding: SP
Pages: 256
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Price: $39.95

Description:

The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing is designed as a desk book for use by practicing paralegals, legal assistants, attorneys, and students. It is a reference book that allows the user to quickly obtain the answer to many commonly encountered writing questions concerning the following subjects: sentence and paragraph drafting, word selection and usage, spelling, numbers, grammar, punctuation, legal citation, legal correspondence, legal research memoranda, and court briefs. It also includes a chapter on the location of various non fee-based internet and other computer based legal research sources. In addition is a chapter discussing the various time deadlines under federal rules of civil and criminal procedure. The book is color coded so information may be easily located and designed to lie flat on a desk next to a computer. It is written in a non technical manner and designed so that it is easy to understand and use by anyone working in a law office. It includes checklist for use in conjunction with the various types of legal writing.

Product Benefits:

• Information is easy to understand and access
• A chapter on the legal writing
• A separate chapter on legal citation
• A chapter on law related web sites
• Detailed instructions on drafting legal correspondence, legal research memoranda, and court briefs

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Sentences and Paragraphs.
Chapter 2: Word Selection and Usage, Spelling, and Numbers.
Chapter 3: Grammar.
Chapter 4: Punctuation.
Chapter 5: Legal Citation.
Chapter 6: Computer and Internet Research Websites.
Chapter 7: Preparing to Write—The Legal Writing Process.
Chapter 8: Legal Correspondence.
Chapter 9: The Legal Research Memorandum.
Chapter 10: Court Briefs.
Appendix A: Correspondence.
Appendix B: Legal Research Memorandum.
Appendix C: Court Briefs.
Glossary.
Index.

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