Legal Method and Writing, Ninth Edition

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Charles R. Calleros and Kimberly Y.W. Holst provide a solid grounding in the U.S. legal system and legal analysis, along with thorough coverage of predictive and persuasive writing spanning the entire first-year Legal Writing course and beyond. Illuminating text, illustrations, exercises, sample documents, and take-home assignments engage students in legal writing for a wide range of documents: office memoranda, briefs, trial court pleadings, motions, appellate briefs, contracts, advice letters, and more. And now, with a fresh design, the consolidated Ninth Edition of Legal Method and Writing highlights the many examples and illustrations in every chapter.

New to the Ninth Edition:

• A single-volume text that consolidates predictive and persuasive writing for the full-year, 1L LRW course
• Expanded and updated coverage of statutory interpretation, with new sources
• New examples of statements of rules in objective memos and briefs
• An enhanced design that highlights numerous helpful examples
• Endnotes in each chapter that list all reference sources
• Updated citation coverage that reflects the new Bluebook and ALWD editions

• A comprehensive, skills-based approach to writing and legal analysis, designed to impart flexible skills that enable students to tackle any writing challenge in their future practice of law
• Numerous practice exercises that advance students’ writing and analytical skills
• Attention to cultural and gender diversity to add depth and perspective
• Annotated examples of legal writing