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9780735502963

The Legal Research and Writing Handbook: A Basic Approach for Paralegals

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  • ISBN13:

    9780735502963

  • ISBN10:

    073550296X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
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Summary

With legal research and writing covered in one text, authors Yelin and Samborn have tailored their presentation To The specifics paralegals need to know. In their new edition, they continue to effectively introduce paralegal students To The essential skills and strategies necessary to do legal research, analytical skills for understanding their research, and drafting skills for creating legal documents. The book is written and designed to be particularly accessible to paralegal students. Pedagogically sound, each chapter of the book offers chapter overviews, detailed headings to make it easy to find information,sample documents, and review questions. The accompanying workbook offers many opportunities for students to practice their research and writing skills. Special features of the Second Edition include: a new chapter on the Internet that includes a discussion of legal research sources on-line; updated coverage that reflects changes in the legal publishing world; new materials that help students better Understand The research process; more explicitly highlighting of the relationship between research and writing; and enhanced design that offers greater accessibility. There are new chapters on research strategy, pre-writing issues, and process writing and revising.

Table of Contents

Contents xi
List of Illustrations
xxxiii
Preface xxxix
Acknowledgments xli
PART 1 LEGAL RESEARCH 1(312)
Introduction to Legal Research
3(12)
What Law Governs
15(12)
Court Decisions
27(44)
Shepardizing
71(24)
Secondary Authority
95(38)
Constitutions and Statutes
133(46)
Legislative History
179(10)
Administrative Materials and Looseleaf Services
189(28)
Computerized Legal Research
217(22)
Internet Research
239(22)
Practice Rules
261(16)
Ethical Rules
277(10)
Practitioner's Materials
287(14)
Research Strategy
301(12)
PART 2 LEGAL WRITING 313(186)
Getting Ready to Write
315(8)
Editing
323(8)
Writing Basics
331(10)
Briefing Cases
341(36)
The Legal Memorandum
377(10)
Questions Presented and Conclusions or Brief Answers
387(10)
Facts
397(22)
Synthesizing Cases and Authorities
419(16)
The IRAC Method
435(14)
Outlining and Organizing a Memorandum
449(32)
Letter Writing
481(18)
APPENDICES 499(16)
A Shepardizing and Cite Checking
501(4)
B Bluebook Citation
505(10)
Index 515

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