Legal Method and Writing II: Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Contracts, and Correspondence (Aspen Cour

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An ideal text for a second semester legal writing or advanced writing course, the Legal Method and Writing II, Eighth Edition immerses students in the world of appellate briefs, pleadings, motions, contracts, and professional correspondence. This revision expands coverage of motions to dismiss, while maintaining in-depth coverage of complaints, answers, motions for summary judgment, and motions in limine to exclude evidence. Numerous illustrations, sample documents, and exercises address issues ranging from enforcement of marriage contracts to sexual harassment in the workplace. 

Key Features:

• Introductory chapters on fundamentals of written advocacy, including ethical concerns, strategic considerations, organization, writing style, issue statements, point headings, and effective presentation of rules and fact analysis 
• In-depth discussion of trial briefs: pleadings, motion to dismiss, motion for summary judgment, judgment, and motion in limine to exclude evidence, with numerous illustrations and sample documents
• Comprehensive discussion of appellate briefs and appellate standards of review, with sample briefs and special attention to policy arguments
• Introduction to contract drafting
• The addition of soft skills (e.g. rapport building)
• Chapters on advice and demand letters
• Examples and illustrations throughout the text
• Numerous exercises and assignments in the main text and in the appendices

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