| Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers |  | Authors: Elizabeth Fajans, Fajans, Mary R. Falk
Publisher: West Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Pages: 177
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Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0314056610
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06634
EAN: 9780314056610
ASIN: 0314056610
Publication Date: January 1995
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This is the first book to introduce students to the aims, organization and style of scholarly legal writing. The text is useful to law review members and faculty advisors alike. It is also a helpful supplement to a law review's own manual and to existing texts on manuscript preparation. The book is comprised of eight chapters. The first chapter introduces students to scholarly writing genres, while following chapters deal with "Brainstorming" for a topic and a thesis; research strategies; the crucial writing process itself, from the initial draft through revising and polishing; the use of footnotes; style; and finally, law review editing.
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Should be required reading from Day 1 at Law Schools... January 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Superb resource. I would suggest reading this, probably twice, before showing up for first year. I wish I had, although I got hold of this in time to make a difference in what I produced. I mean it - if you want to suck all there is to get out of the Law School process, pick this up.
Very helpful book August 31, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book was recommended by a professor since the final grade was based upon a final paper. I wish I had this book since 1st year. Great for people who plan to "write on" to law review as well as write any kind of legal scholarly paper. Highly recommend this.
A MUST-READ FOR LAW STUDENTS & ASPIRING LEGAL ACADEMICS June 29, 2002
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
"Why didn't we learn this in law school?!!"Anyone who survived the confusion of case-method during first semester law school and never learned anything useful until studying commercially available outlines the night before final exams knows the feeling of relief this book provides. SCHOLARLY WRITING FOR LAW STUDENTS is not a crutch for the lazy. It's an extremely well-organized and comprehensive guide to figuring out the precise steps required to produce quality scholarly legal writing.
Fajans & Falk don't spoon-feed you a "how-to" on scholarly writing -- they simply give you a clue and then help you find your own way. They are unpretenious, funny, and inspiring. Buying this book is easily the best investment I've ever made. I've never written an amazon.com review before -- but this book inspired me to do so. I've bought a copy of this book for every law student I know. I refer to this book at least once a week to assist in my own legal scholarship...
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