Legal Writing and Analysis

by Linda H. Edwards

This streamlined text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Fifth Edition by Linda Edwards, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, and writing office memos, letters, and briefs. The text includes chapters on citation form, writing style, professionalism, and oral argument.

The book features special focus on forms of legal reasoning (rules, analogies, policies, principles, customs, inferences, and narrative) complete with examples and exercises. It teaches students to recognize rule structures and use them to organize their document.

New to the Fifth

Streamlined chapters and exercises Updated citation materials covering current editions of both citation manuals Product page featuring more material on professional letters and accessible coverage and use of legal theory Professors and students will benefit

Contextual learning, including important legal method material Superior treatment of how to organize a legal discussion Clear, ample coverage of legal reasoning Practice-oriented approach Numerous examples and short exercises for formative assessment Strong coverage of professional responsibility

Genres: Law, Nonfiction, Legal

352 pages, ebook

First published January 28, 2011

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wouldn’t recommend

[Eva Danielson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I appreciate that they tried to make this as accessible as possible, but parts of it made me feel like I was reading one of those “for Dummies” books

[Maya Huffman · Rating 1 out of 5]

1 star because I didn’t really read it because it was boring as hell

[lore · Rating 2 out of 5]

honestly i get what the book was trying to do, i really do, & it was helpful for purposes of figuring out how to structure & organize briefs & memos but ultimately, the best way to learn how to write, even if it's legal writing, is to write, not to read about writing. personally, i & most of my classmates didn't really find the book helpful.