Legal Method and Writing I (Aspen Coursebook Series) 9th Edition by Charles R. Calleros, ISBN-13: 978-1543849523

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Legal Method and Writing I (Aspen Coursebook Series) 9th Edition by Charles R. Calleros, ISBN-13: 978-1543849523

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• Publisher: ‎ Aspen Publishing; 9th edition (January 31, 2022)
• Language: ‎ English
• 624 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1543849512
• ISBN-13: 978-1543849523

Charles R. Calleros and Kimberly Y.W. Holst provide a solid grounding in the U.S. legal system and legal analysis, along with thorough coverage of predictive and persuasive writing spanning the entire first-year Legal Writing course and beyond. Illuminating text, illustrations, exercises, sample documents, and take-home assignments engage students in legal writing for a wide range of documents: office memoranda, briefs, trial court pleadings, motions, appellate briefs, contracts, advice letters, and more. And now, with a fresh design, the consolidated Ninth Edition of Legal Method and Writing highlights the many examples and illustrations in every chapter.

New to the Ninth Edition:

• A single-volume text that consolidates predictive and persuasive writing for the full-year, 1L LRW course
• Expanded and updated coverage of statutory interpretation, with new sources
• New examples of statements of rules in objective memos and briefs
• An enhanced design that highlights numerous helpful examples
• Endnotes in each chapter that list all reference sources
• Updated citation coverage that reflects the new Bluebook and ALWD editions

Professors and students will benefit from:

• A comprehensive, skills-based approach to writing and legal analysis, designed to impart flexible skills that enable students to tackle any writing challenge in their future practice of law
• Numerous practice exercises that advance students’ writing and analytical skills
• Attention to cultural and gender diversity to add depth and perspective
• Annotated examples of legal writing

Table of Contents:

Contents

Table of Charts and Sample Documents Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I LAW SCHOOL— GETTING STARTED

Chapter 1 Introduction to Writing Style: Policy, Purpose, and

Audience

Chapter 2 Overview of the Case Method of Study

PART II INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM

Chapter 3 Common Law

Chapter 4 Legislation

PART III LEGAL METHOD AND ANALYSIS

Chapter 5 The Role of Precedent: The Court System and

Stare Decisis

Chapter 6 Deductive Reasoning and IRAC— Introduction to

Legal Analysis

PART IV PREDICTIVE WRITING— THE OFFICE

MEMORANDUM OF LAW

Chapter 7 The Office Memorandum of Law

Chapter 8 Organization of Office Memoranda and Briefs

Chapter 9 Legal Writing Style in the Office Memorandum

Chapter 10 Signaling, Presenting, and Quoting Authority

PART V INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCACY

Chapter 11 Advocacy: Overview and Ethics

Chapter 12 Developing Your Legal Arguments

Chapter 13 Expressing Your Advocacy: Persuasive Writing

Style and Oral Argument

PART VI PRETRIAL ADVOCACY—PLEADINGS AND

MOTIONS

Chapter 14 Pleadings and Motions to Dismiss

Chapter 15 Motion for Summary Judgment

Chapter 16 Motion to Exclude Evidence Before Trial

PART VII APPELLATE BRIEFS

Chapter 17 Standards of Appellate Review

Chapter 18 The Brief— Effective Appellate Advocacy

PART VIII WRITING TO PARTIES: CONTRACTS AND

CORRESPONDENCE

Chapter 19 Contracts

Chapter 20 Advice Letters

Chapter 21 Demand Letters

APPENDICES

Index

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