U S Legal Reasoning Writing And Practice For International Lawyers

Author : John Brendan Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 076985656X

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U.S. Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Practice for International Lawyers by John Brendan Thornton Pdf

This comprehensive legal writing text for international LL.M. students reflects the author's experience as a lawyer, professor of legal writing to international LL.M. students, and applied linguist who taught academic English as a Second Language to international university students. The book has a unique set of features: It introduces the common-law system in the U.S. and contrasts it with the civil-law system, while teaching legal reasoning and writing skills that international students need, such as how to draft memos, contracts, emails, and letters to clients, opposing counsel, and colleagues, as well as how to do legal research; It teaches law-school skills such as how to read cases and write case briefs and outlines, and how to take final exams; It helps students to address their second-language difficulties with targeted material that provides specific advice related to common student grammar issues, legal English vocabulary, the use of plain English, and the rhetorical style of U.S. legal writing; It discusses current legal practice, by describing the culture, hierarchy, and economics of law firms, what partners expect from associates, and how to communicate with colleagues; and It provides an extensive selection of real writing samples redacted from actual attorney work product. The eBook version of this title features links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options. PowerPoint slides are available to professors upon adoption of this book. Dowload sample slides from the full 119-slide presentation here. If you have adopted the book for a course, please contact [email protected] to request the PowerPoint slides.

Author : Nadia E. Nedzel
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781543831184

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Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students by Nadia E. Nedzel Pdf

Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students, Fifth Edition, helps international students understand and approach legal reasoning and writing the way law students and attorneys do in the United States. With concise and clear text, Professor Nedzel introduces the unique and important features of the American legal system and American law schools. Using clear instruction, examples, visual aids, and practice exercises, she teaches practical lawyering skills with sensitivity to the challenges of ESL students. New to the Fifth Edition: Streamlined presentation makes the material even more accessible. Chapters are short, direct, and to the point. Five chapters on reasoning and writing, including exam skills, office memos, and rewriting. Full chapters on contract drafting and scholarly writing. New flowcharts provide a concise, visual overview for each chapter. Citation coverage updated to new 21st edition of The Bluebook. Simplified examples and exercises. Three thoroughly revised chapters on legal research, including non-fee legal research and technological changes in the practice of U.S. law. Professors and student will benefit from: Comparative perspective informs readers about the unique features of American law as compared to civil law, Islamic law, and Asian traditions. Explanations of practical skills assume no former knowledge of the American legal system. U.S. law school necessary skills explained immediately: case briefing, creating a course outline, time management, reading citations, and writing answers to hypothetical exam questions. Short, lucid chapters that reiterate major points to aid comprehension. Clear introductions to writing hypothetical-based exams, legal memoranda, contract drafting and scholarly writing. An integrated approach to proper citation format, with explanation and instruction provided in context. Discussion of plagiarism and U.S. law school honor codes. Practical skill-building exercises in each chapter. Research exercises are primarily Internet-based Charts and summaries that are useful learning aids and reference tools

Author : Kevin J. Fandl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317269823

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Inside the American Legal Mind by Kevin J. Fandl Pdf

Inside the American Legal Mind:An International Practitioner Guide to American Legal Reasoning clearly explains how to navigate within U.S. legal practice. A combination of common law legal history with the straight-shooting American style has resulted in an approach to issue analysis that is structurally different from other fields and from the civil law systems common in other countries. Precedent drives the interpretive process, providing the pillars upon which an American lawyer builds a case. Understanding how to capture relevant aspects of precedent, merge those aspects with precedent from seemingly distinct cases, and apply the resulting formula to a given fact pattern can be a harrowing experience for anyone untrained in American legal thinking. This book bridges that gap for aspiring lawyers in America as well as for foreign legal practitioners. Fandl clearly and concisely demonstrates how to research, analyze, and ultimately condense legal ideas into written form in the American legal style. Suitable for undergraduates in U.S. Criminal Justice programs and for LL.M. courses, as well as for continuing education for professionals.

Author : Margaret Elizabeth McCallum,Christina L. Kunz,Deborah A. Schmedemann
Publisher : CCH Canadian Limited
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 1553671430

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Synthesis by Margaret Elizabeth McCallum,Christina L. Kunz,Deborah A. Schmedemann Pdf

Author : Richard K. Neumann Jr.,Ellie Margolis,Kathryn M. Stanchi
Publisher : Wolters Kluwer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 1543810853

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Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing by Richard K. Neumann Jr.,Ellie Margolis,Kathryn M. Stanchi Pdf

Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing teaches students how to organize and incorporate a legal argument into strong and cogent writing for a variety of applications in legal practice. This clear and coherent text has been updated to address the new skills required for modern law practice. While the Ninth Edition still includes the fundamental tools that has made it one of the best-selling legal writing texts, it has been updated to incorporate current and more sophisticated material for students wishing to take their advocacy skills to the next level. Designed for utility in a wide range of legal writing courses, the book covers multiple types of legal writing, including office memos, appellate and motion briefs, client letters, and email correspondence, as well as all aspects of legal reasoning from rule-based analysis to strategies of persuasion. It also covers other key skills such as oral reports to supervisors, appellate and motion argument, tips about the realities of online law practice and modern changes in language and style. The Ninth Edition reflects the collective wisdom of three leaders in the legal writing discipline who together have over 90 years of experience teaching, writing and speaking about legal writing. New to the Ninth Edition: New chapters 23-33 (The Shift to Persuasion). The new chapters are thoroughly modernized and to incorporate the best ideas of the legal scholarship on persuasion in an accessible and clear fashion. The newly organized chapters reflect that legal writing courses might teach appellate briefs or motion briefs, or some combination, and make the assigning of chapters easier for all approaches. New content about theory of the case, motions, procedural posture and the client’s story. Professors and student will benefit from: Clear coverage of the nuts and bolts of writing an office memo, a motion memo, and an appellate brief organized to make assigning chapters easier for all different course approaches. The authors’ paradigm for Organizing a Proof of a Conclusion of Law, which provides the best explanation available of the reasoning underlying the proof of a conclusion of law. Immersive pedagogy where students learn both to think like lawyers and to think like writers. A thoughtful look at all aspects of legal reasoning, from rule-based analysis to the strategy of persuasion An accessible approach that focuses on the process of writing timely examples and exercises from legal practice A full complement of sample documents in the Appendices Teaching materials Include: Teacher’s Manual Additional resources included with Connected Coursebook

Author : William Fernholz,Jodi L. Collova
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781543829556

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Fundamentals of U.S. Law by William Fernholz,Jodi L. Collova Pdf

Fundamentals of U.S. Law by Fernholz and Collova introduces LLM students to the common law method of case analysis through concentrated study of topics in Tort and Constitutional Law. Fundamentals of U.S. Law teaches the “how” of legal practice in the United States. Students learn how to read cases, synthesize rules from reasoning, apply those rules to novel situations, and predict how the law may develop. The authors, two experienced lawyering skills instructors, use a half dozen fascinating and controversial topics to teach the signature skill of the common-law case method. Highlights of the First Edition: LLM students are bright, motivated, legally sophisticated, and ready to succeed. Fundamentals of U.S. Law plays to their strengths and mitigates their weaknesses. The textbook starts with a very short introduction to the legal system in the United States, followed by a discussion of one example of state common-law development. The rest of the textbook presents a set of interlinked topics of American constitutional law, all of which are likely to immediately engage student interest. No boring topics allowed. Students learn how courts use their decisions to create new law, the hallmark of common-law case development. Students also learn the fundamental skills of case analysis, including rule identification, rule synthesis, and application of the rule to novel facts. Students learn to apply these skills in American-style law school examinations. Professors and students will benefit from: Lightly-edited cases in topics most likely to interest lawyers educated outside of the United States Extensive introductions before each case, placing the case in historical and legal context and indicating those issues the student should consider while reading the case Extensive editorial notes in the initial cases to help students read cases more efficiently and effectively Notes that particularly focus on developing the skills of common-law case analysis Sample exam questions at or near the end of each chapter

Author : Jean d'Aspremont
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108421874

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International Law as a Belief System by Jean d'Aspremont Pdf

Offers a new perspective on international law and international legal argumentation: to what event is international law a belief system?

Author : Marta Baffy,Kirsten Schaetzel
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781543816709

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Academic Legal Discourse and Analysis by Marta Baffy,Kirsten Schaetzel Pdf

This book introduces international students to the characteristics of legal education in the United States and helps them develop the linguistic, analytical, and cultural skills to thrive at a U.S. law school. Part I focuses on the academic legal writing skills needed to write in law school. It guides students in reviewing their own writing skills and helps them to adapt to the conventions of academic legal writing at the whole text, paragraph, and sentence levels. It also gives students guidance in effectively presenting their ideas in writing so that a reader can quickly grasp their reasoning and meaning. Part II introduces students to common law and legal analysis. Following a brief introduction to the U.S. legal system, the book focuses on the skills required to read, discuss, and write about legal cases in a U.S. law class. Cases in torts and criminal procedure law provide an opportunity to apply these skills while also teaching high-frequency legal vocabulary. Throughout the book, students can read clear and concise explanations and practice the skills they are acquiring with detailed practice exercises. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear explanations of academic legal writing expected of law students on written assignments, such as exams and papers Straightforward definitions and explanations about how the common law system in the U.S. works Guidelines and practice in reading, discussing, and writing about legal cases Authentic tasks and exercises for all key concepts

Author : Richard K. Neumann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000100527898

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Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing by Richard K. Neumann Pdf

Neumann (law, Hofstra University) presents a textbook on writing various types of legal documents that serves also as a way to learn logic skills. He first explains American law and the basics of legal deduction, gives an overview of judicial decisions and statutes, and discusses how to brief a case.

Author : Daniel Peat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108415477

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Comparative Reasoning in International Courts and Tribunals by Daniel Peat Pdf

This book examines an unexplored method of interpretation: the use of domestic law in the interpretation of international law.

Author : Marta Baffy,Kirsten Schaetzel
Publisher : Wolters Kluwer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1543815936

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Academic Legal Discourse and Analysis by Marta Baffy,Kirsten Schaetzel Pdf

This book introduces international students to the characteristics of legal education in the United States and helps them develop the linguistic, analytical, and cultural skills to thrive at a U.S. law school. Part I focuses on the academic legal writing skills needed to write in law school. It guides students in reviewing their own writing skills and helps them to adapt to the conventions of academic legal writing at the whole text, paragraph, and sentence levels. It also gives students guidance in effectively presenting their ideas in writing so that a reader can quickly grasp their reasoning and meaning. Part II introduces students to common law and legal analysis. Following a brief introduction to the U.S. legal system, the book focuses on the skills required to read, discuss, and write about legal cases in a U.S. law class. Cases in torts and criminal procedure law provide an opportunity to apply these skills while also teaching high-frequency legal vocabulary. Throughout the book, students can read clear and concise explanations and practice the skills they are acquiring with detailed practice exercises. Professors and students will benefit from: Clear explanations of academic legal writing expected of law students on written assignments, such as exams and papers Straightforward definitions and explanations about how the common law system in the U.S. works Guidelines and practice in reading, discussing, and writing about legal cases Authentic tasks and exercises for all key concepts

Author : Kris Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Law
ISBN : 1531022537

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Legal Reasoning Case Files by Kris Franklin Pdf

This text provides real-world case files designed to reinforce foundational legal reasoning skills. Students work through practical problems, each of which is set in the context of a different basic law school subject. Commentary throughout the text guides students toward more sophisticated comprehension of the factual and legal materials, and more nuanced legal analysis, all while introducing common forms of practice-based writing. Each chapter then takes the rules introduced in the case file and illustrates ways they might be applied to an essay examination question and multiple-choice question. Additional practice questions and suggestions for classroom exercises are included in the extensive accompanying teacher's manual.

Author : John Delaney
Publisher : John Delaney Publications
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000004268995

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How to Brief a Case by John Delaney Pdf

Author : KENNETH J. VANDEVELDE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 036709729X

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THINKING LIKE A LAWYER by KENNETH J. VANDEVELDE Pdf

Author : Neumann,Richard K. Neumann, Jr.
Publisher : Aspen Publishers
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0316571512

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Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing by Neumann,Richard K. Neumann, Jr. Pdf