Legal Research and Writing

1st Edition

A Practical Approach for Paralegals (Subscription)

Robert P. O'Neill Jr.
eISBN-13: 9780133808759

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For courses in legal research and writing.

 

A comprehensive – yet very understandable – step-by-step approach to legal research and writing.

Legal Research and Writing: A Practical Approach for Paralegals introduces students to the process of legal research and writing with a very readable, yet thorough, step-by-step approach. Students will become proficient in legal research through easy-to-understand text and helpful visual aids, the application of learned concepts to a recurring case study, as well as many practical and engaging problems and fact-based exercises.

 

Utilizing both print and online sources, students will learn how to conduct legal research with maximum results. The text provides a unique guided approach to Westlaw® and Lexis® instruction and a comprehensive case study where students must apply the skills they’ve learned throughout the course. They will learn where to find the law, as well as how to effectively read, understand, analyze, and apply the law to any given fact pattern. In addition, detailed instruction is provided on the rules for quality writing and the important and practical skills of legal analysis, proofreading, editing, and cite-checking. In short, this book will equip the student with all the necessary tools needed to complete any basic legal research assignment.

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ISBNs 0133808750, 0133808645, 9780133808780, 9780133808759, 9780133808643
Language English
Number of Pages 500
Edition 1st