PART ONE: MASTERING THE LAW Chapter 1: The American Legal System: Navigating through the Process Chapter 2: The Sources of the Law: What's in a Law Library Chapter 3: Case Law and Reporters: Finding Judges' Opinions Chapter 4: Understanding and Briefing of Case Decisions Chapter 5: Researching Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Rules and Regulations PART TWO: FINDING AND UPDATING TOOLS Chapter 6: Legal Research Finding Tools: The Traditions and New Trends Chapter 7: Updating the Law: Shepard's Citations and KeyCite PART THREE: PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT Chapter 8: Online Search Techniques: Learning the Methods Chapter 9: Internet Sources of the Law: Searching for Reliability Chapter 10: Roadmap for Legal Research: A Guided Plan PART FOUR: LEGAL WRITING BASICS Chapter 11: Introduction to Legal Writing Chapter 12: The Mechanics of Construction Chapter 13: Effective and Persuasive Legal Writing Chapter 14: Citations in Legal Writing PART FIVE: PRACTICAL WRITING APPLICATIONS Chapter 15: The Basics of Legal Correspondence Chapter 16: The Internal Office Memorandum Chapter 17: Court Documents: Pleadings, Discovery, and Motions PART SIX: PERSUASIVE WRITING Chapter 18: The Memorandum of Law to the Trial Court Chapter 19: The Appellate Brief Glossary Index.