Legal writing for international students: a U.S. legal writing textbook for ESL/ESP students and practitioners of law and business
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LEGAL
WRITING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
A U.S. Legal Writing Textbook for ESL/ESP students and
practitioners of law and business.
Susan Reid
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
I. Textbook Overview
II. Writing Requirements for J.D. and LLM Students in the U.S.
The following areas of writing requirements are explored in this textbook. It
is important for students to be proficient in writing in many of the following skill
areas before beginning their graduate degree program.
A. Rhetorical Modes: Basic Essay Structure, Summary,
Comparison, Persuasion
B. Note-taking
C. Paraphrasing
D. Writing a case brief
E. Writing a reaction and a report
G. Writing business letters
H. Writing in the irac format
I. Writing a contract
J. Writing a research paper/ journal article/ thesis
III. Writing Requirements for J.D. students and practicing attorneys in the U.S.
Please note that students are not presumed to be familiar with the following
prior to attending law school and that these areas are not explored in this textbook.
A. Appellate brief
B. Office memo
IV. Writing with Citations-^Bluebooking
V. Using Legal Contexts
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VI. Self-Editing
VII.
Reviewing Grammar
CHAPTER ONE-WRITING AN ESSAY
I. Overview of Sentence, Paragraph, and Essay Structure
&
Exercises
A. Sentence structure
B. Paragraph structure
1.
Topic sentences: paragraphs concluding or beginning with the topic
sentence
2.
Coherence
C. Essay structure
1.
The introduction of an essay
2.
The body of an essay
3.
Connectors between paragraphs
4.
The conclusion of an essay
Essay Example A (structure)
II. Preparing to write an essay: topic, audience, outline
&
Exercises
CHAPTER ONE- Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Perfect tenses
Passive voice
Tenses in if-sentences
Sentence punctuation review: period, semi-colon, colon, quotation marks, comma
Chapter One Legal Contexts:
Torts (negligence: foreseeabffity)
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CHAPTER TWO-WRITING A SUMMARY
I. Overview
II. Reading Strategies
III. Vocabulary Building Strategies
IV. Paraphrasing
&
Exercises
V. Structures with but for
&
Exercises
VI. Writing a Summary
&
Exercises
VII.
Writing an Abstract
&
Exercises
VIII.
Writing a Case Brief
&
Exercises
CHAPTER TWO-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Essential and Non-essential Relative Clauses
Punctuation of Essential and Non-essential Relative Clauses
Chapter Two Legal Contexts:
Environmental law, Health law, Constitutional law (First Amendment), Torts
(negligence: but for), Corporate law
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CHAPTER THREE-WRITING A REPORT
&
WRITING A REACTION
I. Writing a Report
&
Exercises
II. Writing a Reaction
&
Exercises
Essay Example
В
(reaction)
III. Reading: U.S. Supreme Court and Equal Protection
&
Exercises
IV. Reading: Legal Theory
&
Exercises
CHAPTER THREE-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Subject-verb inversion
Chapter Three Legal Contexts:
Legal Theory (positivism), Corporate Law,
Constitutional law (role of U.S. Supreme Court, equal protection, capital
punishment)
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CHAPTER FOUR-WRITING A COMPARISON
I. Outlining a Comparison
A. Comparing items
B. Comparing points
Essay Example
С
(comparison)
II. Reading- two cases in international law
III. Reading-Jurisdiction in international law
CHAPTER FOUR- Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Parallel structure
Subject-verb agreement
Chapter Four Legal Contexts:
International law, Constitutional law (treaties),
Civil and Criminal Procedure (jurisdiction)
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CHAPTER FIVE-WRITING TO PERSUADE
Guidelines for Writing to Persuade
Essay Examples A and
D
(persuasion)
CHAPTER FIVE-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Phrasal verbs
Chapter Five Legal Contexts:
Intellectual Property, International law (capital punishment)
CHAPTER SIX-WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS
I. Overview
II. Format/ Titles
III. Greetings
IV. Beginning
V. Middle
VI. Pre-Closing
VII.
Closing
VIII.
Examples of Business Letters
&
Exercises
CHAPTER SIX-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Verbs plus gerunds or infinitives
Like/ As
Reading- Corporate Law
Chapter Six Legal Contexts:
Torts (defamation), Employment law,
Professional Responsibility (scope of representation letters)
Corporate law
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CHAPTER SEVEN- WRITING IN THE
IRAC
FORMAT
I. Overview
II. Use of irac by law students
III. IRAC
A. Introduction
B. Issue identification
C. Issue statement
D. Rule statement
E. Application
F. Conclusion
CHAPTER SEVEN-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Participles as adjectives-past, present, dangling
Chapter Seven Legal Context:
Torts (negligence)
CHAPTER EIGHT-WRITING A CONTRACT
I. Introduction
II. Content of a contract
&
Exercises
III. Language of a contract
&
Exercises
A. Importance of language
B. General language
С
Specific language
D. Additional contract vocabulary
IV. Reading a contract
&
Exercises
A. Reading a contract to note language and structure
B. Reading a contract for content
C. Reading a contract in order to advise a client
D. Reading to practice comprehension/paraphrasing
E. Additional reading practice
CHAPTER EIGHT- Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Articles
Chapter ieht Legal Contexts:
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Contracts: construction, sale of personal property,
employment (physician and hospital), copyright
Worker s Compensation laws
CHAPTER NINE-WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER
I. Introduction
II. Usage of the term research in law
III. Research skills
IV. Information Gathering
V. Writing an Outline
VI. Preparation of citations
VII.
Final OutUne
VTII. Writing the First Draft
&
Exercises
A. Focus
B. Synthesis
1.
introductory phrases
2.
verbs used to report information
Essay Example
С
(synthesis)
CHAPTER
ΝΙΝΕ
-Grammar Review
&
Exercises
Avoidance of first and second persons
Articles and Quantifiers
Chapter Nine Legal Contexts:
Criminal law
CHAPTER TEN-EDITING
I. Grammar/Writing/Editing Activity: interpreting quotations
II. Discussion/Writing/Editing Activity: the right to bear arms
III. Discussion-instructor s corrections
IV. Student presentation of a grammar activity
V. Editing practice-punctuation
VI. Editing practice-grammar
Essay Example
D
(persuasion) (editing exercise)
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CHAPTER TEN-Reference Information
Self-Editing in Academic Writing Checklist-usages to avoid
Correction Symbols
Websites for Students and Attorneys
Connectors-logical and sequential
Verbs and Adjectives plus Prepositions
Phrasal Verbs and Possible Synonyms
Verbs plus Gerunds or Infinitives
Irregular Verbs
Chapter Ten Legal Context:
Constitutional law (Bill of Rights)
END NOTES
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