TY - BOOK AU - Neumann,Richard K AU - Tiscione,Kristen Konrad TI - Legal reasoning and legal writing T2 - Aspen coursebook series SN - 9781454826972 AV - KF250 .N48 U1 - 808.06/634 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business KW - Law KW - United States KW - Language KW - Legal composition KW - Practice of law KW - Trial practice N1 - Includes index; Rule-based reasoning -- An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes -- Inside the writing process -- More about writing -- Office memoranda -- Predictive writing -- Selecting authority -- Working with statutes -- Working with precedent -- Working with facts -- A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law -- Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application -- Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law -- Working with the paradigm -- Paragraphing -- Effective style -- Quotations -- Professional email -- Orally reporting research results -- Client advice letters -- Developing a persuasive theory -- Developing persuasive arguments -- Motion memoranda -- Point headings and subheadings -- Statements of the case (or facts) -- Appellate practice -- Appellate briefs -- Writing the appellate brief -- Questions presented -- Oral argument ER -