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ISBN 10: 1285607309
ISBN 13: 9781285607306
Author: William Putman
The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing is designed as a desk book for use by practicing paralegals, legal assistants, attorneys, and students. It is a reference book that allows the user to quickly obtain the answer to many commonly encountered writing questions concerning the following subjects: sentence and paragraph drafting, word selection and usage, spelling, numbers, grammar, punctuation, legal citation, legal correspondence, legal research memoranda, and court briefs. It also includes a chapter on the location of various non fee-based internet and other computer based legal research sources. In addition is a chapter discussing the various time deadlines under federal rules of civil and criminal procedure. The book is color coded so information may be easily located and designed to lie flat on a desk next to a computer. It is written in a non technical manner and designed so that it is easy to understand and use by anyone working in a law office. It includes checklist for use in conjunction with the various types of legal writing.
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The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing 1st Table of contents:
Ch 1: Sentences and Paragraphs
1.1 Sentences
1.2 Paragraphs
Ch 2: Word Selection and Usage, Spelling, Capitalization, Italics, Abbreviations, and Numbers
2.1 Word Selection and Usage
2.2 Spelling
2.3 Numbers
2.4 Capitalization
2.5 Abbreviations
2.6 Italics and Underlining
2.7 Formal Writing Conventions
Ch 3: Grammar
3.1 Subject/Verb Agreement
3.2 Noun/Pronoun Agreement
3.3 Verb Tense and Superfluous Verbs
3.4 Adverbs, Adjectives, and Conjunctions
3.5 Parallel Construction
3.6 Modifiers and Infinitives
Ch 4: Punctuation
4.1 Comma (,)
4.2 Semicolon (;)
4.3 Colon (:)
4.4 Apostrophe (‘)
4.5 Quotation Marks (” “)
4.6 Period (.)
4.7 Question Mark (?)
4.8 Exclamation Point (!)
4.9 Ellipses (…)
4.10 Brackets ([ ])
4.11 Parentheses (( ))
4.12 Hyphen (-)
4.13 Dash (-)
4.14 Slash (/)
Ch 5: Legal Citation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Primary Authority
5.3 Secondary Authority
5.4 General Rules of Citation
5.5 Key Points Checklist: Citation
Ch 6: Computer and Internet Research Web Sites
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Non-Fee-Based Law-Related Web Sites
6.3 CD-ROMs
6.4 Key Points Checklist: Computers and Legal Research
Ch 7: Preparing to Write – The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Legal Writing Process
7.3 General Research Suggestions
7.4 Key Points Checklist: The Writing Process
Ch 8: Legal Correspondence
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Basic Components
8.3 General Considerations – All Correspondence
8.4 Types of Correspondence
8.5 Key Points Checklist: Legal Correspondence
Ch 9: Legal Research Memorandum
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Prewriting Stage
9.3 Sections of the Legal Research Memorandum
9.4 General Considerations
9.5 Key Points Checklist: Legal Research Memorandum
Ch 10: Court Briefs
10.1 Introduction
10.2 General Considerations
10.3 Trial Court Briefs
10.4 Appellate Court Briefs
10.5 Key Points Checklist: Court Brief
Appendix A: Correspondence
Appendix B: Legal Research Memorandum
Appendix C: Court Briefs
Glossary
Index
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