Legal Writing

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Learn more about Connected eBooksWritten in a style that engages students, Legal Writing, Fourth Edition by Richard K. Neumann Jr., Sheila Simon, and Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne, includes outstanding coverage on organizing analysis according to the CREAC formula (also known as the paradigm), the writing process, storytelling techniques, rule analysis, statutory interpretation, and professionalism. In addition, the book has a dynamic website where student resources include Sheila Simon's famed lasagna presentation, classroom and independent exercises, self-assessment checklists, and other learning tools. New to the Fourth Edition: - Shorter, more focused chapters
- New sample documents
- A motion memo from a ground-breaking marriage equality case
Professors and students will benefit from: - The compact, conversational tone
- Short, accessible assignments and exercises
- Checklists that help students assess their own writing
- An interesting mix of theory and reality