Legal Writing for Legal Readers: Predictive Writing for First Year Students (2nd Edition) – PDF

Legal Writing for Legal Readers: Predictive Writing for First-Year Students, 2nd Edition (PDF) helps students understand the difference between strong and weak legal writing by providing examples of both.

Students will discover the importance of reading well-written arguments, compared to those that lack logic. While we might not always recognize our own writing flaws, reading critically allows us to see the strengths and weaknesses of arguments and their presentation. The authors use sidebars and annotations to highlight the reasons behind one writer’s success and another’s failure.

Through Legal Writing for Legal Readers 2nd edition, students learn how their reading habits impact their writing choices. By analyzing effective legal writing as readers, students gain insight into the essential elements of structure and analysis. As writers, this understanding leads to more informed and strategic decisions.

What’s New in the Second Edition:

* Expanded annotations and marginal notes to address common student questions.
* Refocused content to concentrate on predictive analytical writing, a key skill taught in the first year of law school.

Benefits for Professors and Students:

* Engaging exercises that test understanding of key concepts throughout the learning process.
* Comprehensive coverage of various legal writing formats, including memos, briefs, complaints, correspondence, and criminal motions.
* A diverse collection of good and bad samples that illustrate legal writing concepts clearly.
* Annotations incorporating cognitive and behavioral theories to explain why certain writing approaches are more effective.
* Sidebar comments and marginal notes that answer anticipated student questions and define important legal and writing-related terms.

Teaching Resources:

* Additional samples of longer legal documents.
* New exercises for most chapters.
* Supporting documents to further illustrate key concepts for both students and instructors.

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