cam a22 4500 357297105 CHVBK 20191223100258.0 151203s2015 xxu||||| |||| 00 |eng d 978-1-61163-610-9 (alk. paper) (RERO)R008318884 DLC RERO geheid KF240 .G35 2015 s1dr rero 340/.14 23 Gallacher Ian 1956- (RERO)A025994644 cre Legal communication and research lawyering skills for the twenty-first century Ian Gallacher Durham, North Carolina Carolina Academic Press 2015 xxiv, 493 p. 26 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Reading in law school -- What is legal writing? -- Legal rhetoric -- The reader as client -- Empathy, lawyering, and writing -- The ethics of writing -- The writing process -- Voice - Words -- Sentences -- Paragraphs -- Section headings -- Case quotations and why to avoid them -- Legal citation : why do we care? -- Legal citation : the mechanics -- Writer's block and some ways to overcome it -- Editing and proofreading -- The legal memorandum -- Legal correspondence -- Analytical structure : getting started -- Analytical structure : getting more involved -- Working with facts -- Identifying and working with legal rules -- Working with statutes -- How to persuade -- Oral argument and oral presentations -- Why bother to study legal research? -- How do we find information? -- Where legal information is stored? -- The cost of legal research -- Key numbers and digests -- The research process in theory -- The research process in practice -- Legislative history -- Statutory research -- Regulatory research -- What to do when things go wrong Communication in law United States Legal composition Legal research United States RERO 100 1- Gallacher Ian 1956- (RERO)A025994644 cre Metadata rights reserved rero BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 RERO RE61087 RE61087 RE610870002 340.11(73) HEIA 112447