Becoming a Legal Writer, 2nd Edition
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Description
This workbook will help develop two essential lawyering skills: objective analysis and writing. Providing ample foundation in every chapter followed by short, targeted exercises, Becoming a Legal Writer is designed to complement any legal writing book or be used as a stand-alone text for academic support or pre-law instruction. The second edition contains new material and additional exercises including a pre-interview chart for client meetings, explanations and exercises on regulations and other federal authorities, a step-by-step process for analogical reasoning, a detailed chapter on counterarguments, and materials on using citations and avoiding plagiarism. Throughout the workbook, explanations and corresponding exercises are updated providing opportunities for students to articulate statutory and common law rules, revise roadmaps within thesis paragraphs, synthesize rules, illustrate cases, apply rules to facts, frame a question presented, state a brief answer, detail a longer conclusion, pose neutral facts, and edit and polish their work.
ISBN
9781531023812
Publication Date
2026
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
Edition
2nd Edition
City
Durham, NC
Keywords
legal education, legal writing, objective analysis, workbook, analogical reasoning, statutory rules, citation, legal skills, exercises
Disciplines
Law | Legal Education | Legal Writing and Research
Recommended Citation
Robin Boyle-Laisure, Christine Coughlin, and Sandy Patrick, Becoming a Legal Writer, 2nd Edition (2nd Edition 2026).
https://lawcommons.lclark.edu/faculty_books/54