Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell

Lynn Bahrych, Gonzaga University School of Law

Jeanne Merino, Stanford Law School

Beth McLellan, Stanford Law School

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Outline

1. This edition adds legal analysis, in Chapter 2, Legal Analysis, and throughout the text

2. Chapter 3, Large-Scale Organization has been enhanced and brought up-to-date (given changes in how students and lawyers write and how they receive documents today)

3. Chapter 4, Small-Scale Organization has been enhanced and brought up-to-date

4. Chapter 5 no longer includes the Glossary, which is now in Appendix C

5. Chapters 7, Advisory Writing, & Chapter 8, Advocacy Writing, have both been rewritten, brought up to date and expanded to fit with the rest of the text

6. Chapter 9, Punctuation and Grammar, now include comparisons with Strunk & White, The Elements of Style, to highlight the differences, with the Micro-Grammar moved to Appendix B

7. Chapter 10, Final Steps, is entirely new, and includes editing, revising, proofreading, use of quotations and citations

8. Appendix A is new, containing a new set of samples of legal writing, used throughout the text

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