Advanced Legal Writing: Theories and Strategies in Persuasive Writing

by Michael R. Smith

With a practical focus on persuasive writing strategy, Michael R. Smith identifies and explores three processes of persuasive writing logos, pathos, and ethos and provides a thorough introduction to the elements of rhetorical style.Using detailed how-to guides and plenty of examples, the author s distinctive approach to persuasive writing aspects of rhetorical metaphor, literary allusion, figures of speech, and graphic designthree basic processes of persuasive legal writing logic and rational value-based establishing credibilityinterdisciplinary contributions to persuasive writing from fields such as cognitive psychology, classical rhetoric, and morality theoryeffective strategies that extend beyond the trial or appellate brief to a broad range of documents and settingsIn the Second Edition, the reader will new organization that puts a greater emphasis on

360 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

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Michael R. Smith (born July 1961), Professor of Law, Director of Legal Writing and Director of the Center for the Study of Written Advocacy.
He graduated in May, 1985 from the University of Florida, College of Law, Gainesville, Florida.