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Experiential Legal Writing: Analysis, Process, and Documents

Authors
  • Diana Donahoe
Series / Aspen Coursebook Series
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Description
Experiential Legal Writing: Analysis, Process, and Documents discusses the documents first-year law students are introduced to, including memos, briefs, and client letters, as well as documents that are used in upper-class courses, such as scholarly writing and pleadings. Based on the online legal writing materials available at TeachingLaw, this straightforward text is designed to be used either as an aid to instructors and students working in the electronic environment of TeachingLaw or on its own as a primary or supplementary textbook.

Covering the entirety of the writing process, from analysis to citation form, this text

  • Offers a clear instructional approach to legal analysis, legal documents, and the writing process, as well as to legal grammar and usage and to citation style for both ALWD and the Bluebook.
  • Breaks down the analytical and writing processes into manageable tasks and provides students with strategies, examples, and exercises.
  • Introduces each type of legal document with "Purpose, Audience, Scope, and View" bullet points, providing an at-a-glance overview.
  • Employs maps, diagrams, text boxes, and tables to summarize material and provide visual interest.
  • Includes multiple documents annotated with in-depth commentary to help students identify key parts, understand the arguments being made, and understand the strengths of each document.
  • Provides abundant, thorough study aid materials
    • Quick References and Checklists that reinforce and test students' understanding of the material
    • Quizzes and Self-Assessments that allow students and teachers to test students' understanding of the material
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About the authors
Diana R. Donahoe

Professor Donahoe is the former Director and Chair of Legal Research and Writing at Georgetown, where she has been teaching since 1993. Her courses have included Legal Research and Writing, Legal Practice (Section 3), Advanced Legal Writing in Practice, Applied Legal Composition, and Legal Discourse. In 2008, Professor Donahoe was awarded the Georgetown Frank Flegal Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Diana has authored several articles on the pedagogy of using technology to teach as well as articles on Legal Research and Writing and Criminal Law. Her publications include Skilled E-Scholars Click Their Way Up, Researching Beyond the Books, TeachingLaw.com: Bridging the Digital Divide Between Professors and Students, Could Have, Would Have, What the Supreme Court Should Have Done in Whren v. United States, Fair Prosecution Challenges in Maryland: An Analysis and Proposal, and Analyzing the Writer’s Analysis: Will It Be Clear to the Reader?

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Copyright Year
2011
Pages
612
Subject
Legal Writing
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