A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis

by Christine Nero Coughlin, Joan Rocklin, Sandy Patrick

This new edition of the popular text teaches the foundational principles of critical reading, analysis, and writing in a clear and accessible way. By putting the reader in the place of a first-year attorney, the text shows law students how to succeed in law school and in the practice of law. Using graphics and contrasting effective and weak examples to illustrate concepts, the book demonstrates best practices in both traditional and electronic environments. Speaking to its readers in a straightforward manner, A Lawyer Writes communicates essential skills and theories so that they will be retained for a lifetime of legal practice.

Genres: Law, School, Writing, Legal, Nonfiction

677 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2013

Reviews

[Anayis Doolittle]

free from the shackles of LP 😌😌😌

[Kathryn LaMontagne · Rating 5 out of 5]

BORING!!!! But extremely practical and helpful with legal writing

[emilia borg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book got me through writing my memos fr, will be using in the future

[Berk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

[Rr M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes I’m that person that reviews textbooks….def not my first choice to read, but a decent guide for a starter I think

[Sophia]

Read this for school idc I’m still counting it❤️

[Olivia Aboulhosn]

Does this count as a book I’ve read

[cass · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ron Wesley you will always be famous (AND FREE) !

[Jen]

If I haven't finished this book, I've gotten close and made up for it by the fact that I read law books all day

[Titus Daughtry · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boo!

[Maddie Grace Rogers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Making it count for something fun 🤷‍♀️

[An Hosek · Rating 2 out of 5]

The lowlight of my 1L year. Absolutely despise this book. I’m sure it can be good for some people but I just can’t learn this way….. every Monday night would end with me like fuckkkkkkkk I forgot to read a lawyer writes at like 1am after doing all my other work…… I’m happy I’ll never have to open this again

[Indira Wolf · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was actually a good overview and some detail of how to write. good book to use for reference

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely would not have survived legal writing without this book. Examples are great.

[KC Read-Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I mostly hate reading about how to write, but given how absurdly technical legal writing can be, I found this book incredibly useful!

[Isabella Chiraini]

i read every page of this book so by god i am counting it

[zoe]

boo law school (1L)

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cannot recommend enough for those who want help writing a legal memo. I was number 5 in the class on objective memos.

[Baker Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent textbook

[Nando · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read this for class, gave a great introduction to legal writing. No complaints. Did exactly what it set out to do.

[Alyssa Lee Lakey · Rating 3 out of 5]

For what I paid for my law school books and for the time I spent hunched over these... you can bet I'm adding them to my Goodreads. Helped me get an A in LRW

[hayley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean it’s about legal writing so it’s not super riveting but was informative

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good for what it is. Though did get confusing at parts, the examples were very helpful. I do wish they had more examples for the more complicated memos.