The Handbook for the New Legal Writer offers a modern approach to learning legal writing, analysis, and research. Professors Barton and Smith were inspired to write this book by their students, who called for step-by-step instructions and real-life examples as they worked to become successful legal writers. The Handbook for the New Legal Writer introduces a new concept, "anchors," to help law students read and understand legal authorities. The Handbook uses anchors to show students how to analyze a legal problem and guide students through the process of conceiving, constructing, and expressing their legal analysis. The Handbook provides up-to-date instruction on the kind of research and writing that lawyers do every day: legal memoranda, trial motions, appellate briefs, professional correspondence, and judicial opinions. In addition, the Handbook covers legal research, citation, oral advocacy, and the writing tools of grammar, punctuation, and style-so it is the only textbook that law students need to excel in their first-year legal writing program. The Handbook for the New Legal Writer prepares today's law students for the modern practice of law. The Handbook is a trustworthy source that students can rely upon throughout their law school and legal careers.

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