Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills
- ISBN-10
- 1454831022
- ISBN-13
- 9781454831020
- Series
- Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 466
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-04
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer
- Author
- Nancy Lusignan Schultz
Description
With a consistent emphasis on precision and good organization, this text teaches students how to draft memoranda, opinion letters, pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents, as well as communications skills including client counseling, negotiating, and presenting oral arguments. Features: An expanded chapter on trial briefs, including pretrial motion briefs A new chapter on communicating by email A new chapter on time management A new chapter on mediation and related documents.
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