Strategic Legal Writing

By Evan J. Roth, Donald N. Zillman, Evan J Roth, et al.

Book Overview

Many legal writing texts emphasize how one writes; this book is unique because it also focuses on why one writes. Every chapter challenges the reader to write to achieve a strategic objective. Each assignment has been carefully considered by the authors, and fully vetted to simulate the decision-making involved in the preparation of important legal writing, whether in a general counsel's office, a law office, a government attorney's office, or a judge's chambers. Simply put, the authors' approach is that effective legal writing does not exist in a vacuum. This book provides practical assignments that teach the student that the best legal writing is not an end in itself, but a means to a larger strategic objective.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521703433
• ISBN13: 9780521703437
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"