040 __ |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d OCLCO |d OCLCF |d YDX |d YDX |d UtOrBLW

245 10 |a Legal reasoning and legal writing / |c Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Ellie Margolis, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Kathryn M. Stanchi, Jack E. Feinberg '57 Professor of Litigation, Temple University Beasley School of Law

505 0_ |a Law and legal writing -- Rule-based reasoning -- Issues, facts, statutes, and precedents -- Predictive writing and persuasive writing -- Inside the writing process -- More about writing -- Selecting authority -- Working with statutes -- Working with precedent -- Working with facts -- A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law -- Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application -- Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law -- Working with the paradigm -- Interviewing the client -- Office memoranda -- Professional email -- Orally reporting research results -- Client advice letters -- Paragraphing -- Effective style -- Quotations -- Developing a persuasive theory -- Developing persuasive arguments -- Motion memoranda -- Point headings and subheadings -- Telling your client's story in the statement of the case (or facts) -- Handling the procedural posture -- Appellate practice -- Appellate briefs -- Writing the appellate brief -- Questions presented -- Oral argument