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Writing and Analysis in the Law (University Casebook) | 
| Authors: Helene S. Shapo, Marilyn R. Walter, Elizabeth, Ph.d. Frjans
Publisher: Foundation Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 29909
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 634
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.5 x 1
ISBN: 1599414244
Dewey Decimal Number: 340
EAN: 9781599414249
ASIN: 1599414244
Publication Date: March 14, 2008
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A standard-setter in American legal education, Writing and Analysis in the Law provides a guide to legal writing, focusing on the importance of clear organization in written and oral communications. Developed as a textbook for a first-year law school course, the book introduces law students to the principles of research, including analyzing legal authority in cases and statues. It discusses the structure and persuasive techniques of effective appellate argument, both in briefs and in oral presentation, and makes extensive use of illustrative examples and writing exercises, on topics such as memorandums, trial briefs, and oral presentations. Lucid, compact, and up-to-date, this work consistently draws acclaim in law schools across the country. Highlights of the fourth edition include new chapters on interviewing a client, counseling a client, and analyzing questions of law.
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 Ineffective and Wordy November 13, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Shapo covers all the technical elements of writing a legal memo and brief, and offers appendices with helpful samples of each. The intro/first chapter gives a very nice introduction to the structure of the US Court system, which I found very helpful as a first-year (1L) law student.
But it's all downhill from there. Shapo tries to describe how to construct the different parts of legal memos and briefs, but the given examples are sparse and often imperfect.
This book would be much more effective if it spent less time describing how to write a good document and more time showing examples of well-written briefs and memos.
 Choose a different book October 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's okay but most of the chapters are useless, unless you start reading it before you start law school. It's very elementary and the things I was really hoping for help on, it just didn't get me very far. The most useful part is it does have examples of well-written memos and briefs in the back of it and they were helpful but there's only a few.
 Required text September 17, 2005
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Decent book, fairly basic but gets all the points across. Not confusing like case books. Typical LARC
Law school made easier May 19, 2000
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
If you are a law student taking Legal Writing or an associate (summer or new) in a firm, this book will teach or refresh all the skills you need to write an effective memo or brief. The authors teach clear writing and provide actual student wrting samples to elucidate their techniques. The book is especially helpful for those who are wholly unfamiliar with legal writing, and the index and layout make it a user-friendly reference tool. Most impoprtantly, though, the book is short; it provides a comprehensive framework without flooding the reader with unnecessary or confusing information.
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