Foundations of Legal Research and Writing, 2E

Foundations of Legal Research and Writing, 2nd Edition, provides a detailed explanation of legal research and writing for the paralegal. Containing a focus on legal reasoning and analysis, this second edition text is up-to-date, classroom-tested, and professor and student friendly. The writing portion of the text devotes entire chapters to writing client opinion letters, pleadings, contracts, office memos, memoranda of law, and appellate briefs. "Foundations of Legal Research" provides explanations to enhance student understanding and legal research assignments that allow the instructor to save preparation time. It includes appendices on Search and Seizure, Citation Rules, Rules for Quotations and Short Form Citations, Mechanical Errors, and Problems, as well as an extensive glossary and index.