Clear and Effective Legal Writing

In its Fourth Edition, Clear and Effective Legal Writing continues to give students a classic introduction to legal analysis and legal writing. Concise and accessible, the text focuses on memo and brief writing while reinforcing key writing skills. This proven teaching tool provides the student with excellent examples and numerous skill-honing exercises. Offering comprehensive coverage from case synthesis and case briefing to preparing Supreme Court briefs, this text starts with an overview of legal analysis, and then walks students through the writing process: understanding context, organizing effectively, writing clearly and effectively, and reviewing and editing. It describes differences between legal language and ordinary discourse, and the linguistic theory underlying the origins of legal language seamlessly combining legal reasoning with legal writing and helps the student understand the relationship between the two provides straightforward rules for writing effective legal documents, with scores of examples of the good, the bad, and the humorous; includes numerous exercises throughout the book to help students reinforce their skills, dissects and annotates actual trial court memoranda, and Supreme Court briefs highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each example.Myra K. Erhardt is the author of 'Clear and Effective Legal Writing', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735552296 and ISBN 0735552290.