The Legal Research and Writing Handbook A Basic Approach for Paralegals Tapa blanda - 2000

Información de la editorial

With legal research and writing covered in one text, authors Yelin and Samborn have tailored their presentation to the specifics paralegals need to know. They effectively introduce paralegal students to the essential skills and strategies necessary to do legal research, analytical skills for understanding their research, and drafting skills for creating legal documents.

Notable features:

-- the book is written and designed to be particularly accessible to paralegal students

-- pedagogically sound, each chapter of the book offers:
-- chapter overviews-- detailed headings to make it easy to find information
-- sample documents-- review questions

-- the accompanying workbook offers many opportunities for students to practice their research and writing skills

Special features of the Second Edition:

-- a chapter on the Internet includes a discussion of legal research sources on-line

-- coverage reflecting recent changes in the legal publishing world

-- materials to help students better understand the research process

-- the authors explicitly highlight the relationship between research and writing

-- enhanced design offers greater accessibility

-- there are chapters on research strategy, pre-writing issues, and process writing and revising