Strategic Legal Writing

Donald N. Zillman, Evan J. Roth
Cambridge University Press, 2008-01-14
EAN 9780521703437, ISBN10: 0521703433

Paperback, 240 pages, 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English

Many legal writing texts emphasize how one writes; this book is unique because it also focuses on why one writes. Every chapter challenges the reader to write to achieve a strategic objective. Each assignment has been carefully considered by the authors, and fully vetted to simulate the decision-making involved in the preparation of important legal writing, whether in a general counsel's office, a law office, a government attorney's office, or a judge's chambers. Simply put, the authors' approach is that effective legal writing does not exist in a vacuum. This book provides practical assignments that teach the student that the best legal writing is not an end in itself, but a means to a larger strategic objective.