Just Writing 4E / Edition 4

by Enquist, Oates

Overview

Companion Website: www.aspenlawschool.com/oates_enquist

Adapted from the popular Legal Writing Handbook, this powerful guide focuses exclusively on the style, grammar, punctuation, and the mechanics of strong legal writing. With the authors’ trademark step-by-step approach, Just Writing enables students to master a skill that will contribute to their success in both law school and practice.

Proven to be effective in the classroom, the Third Edition features:

• honed coverage that zeroes in on style, grammar, punctuation, and the mechanics of legal writing in a concise length and format
• tips and techniques for every step of the writing process: planning, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading
• the authors’ trademark straightforward, building-block approach
• clear explanations and crafted examples
• practice exercises that allow students to use specific skills covered in the text
• writing for ESL students
• “Quick Tips” about writing integrated throughout the text
• a Glossary of Usage
• a bound-in CD with practice exercises
• a dedicated Teacher’s Manual, with specific teaching suggestions for each chapter in the book
• additional teaching and testing materials on a Teaching Materials Website , available to adopters

Enquist and Oates’s clarity and finely honed content make Just Writing the perfect complement to any legal writing course. New professors will especially appreciate the ample teaching support that accompanies this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454826989
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory
Publication date:	01/28/2013
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Part I. A Guide to Effective Writing

Ch. 1. Effective Writing—The Whole Paper

Ch. 2. Connections Between Paragraphs

Ch. 3. Effective Paragraphs

Ch. 4. Connections Between Sentences

Ch. 5. Effective Sentences

Ch. 6. Effective Words

Ch. 7. Eloquence

Part II. A Guide to Correct Writing

Ch. 8. Grammar

Ch. 9. Punctuation

Part III. A Guide to Legal Writing for English-as-a-Second-Language Writers

Ch. 10. Legal Writing for English-as-a-Second-Language Writers