Legal literacy and communication skills : working with law and lawyers /
This book is designed expressly for students in Juris Master, Master of Jurisprudence, and Master of Legal Studies programs. This concise paperback empowers students whose professional background is outside of law with a foundational understanding of the United States legal system and insight into w...
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Durham, North Carolina :
Carolina Academic Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Foundations of legal literacy
- Foundations of the United States legal system
- Foundations of the practice and unauthorized practice of law
- Foundations of reading legal information
- Foundations of legal analysis
- Using the internet for legal research
- Finding and reading secondary sources
- Finding and reading statutes
- Finding and reading regulations and other administrative sources
- Finding and reading cases
- Reading and writing legal citations
- Reviewing contracts: form and organization
- Reviewing contracts: content
- Email and other correspondence
- Working with facts
- Persuasive writing
- Accurate and consistent legal writing
- Clear and concise legal writing
- Appendix A: Tess Williams case file (re:MegaMart)
- Appendix B: Olivia's Beans case file (re: Earth Foods, Inc.)
- Appendix C: bibliography of online legal glossaries.