Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

Paralegals find that they are being called upon to perform increasingly complex tasks, and Legal Research, Writing and Analysis will give them the knowledge and comfort level they need to confidently conduct their work. This text helps paralegal students and law students understand primary and secondary authority, identify and state issues, apply case law and perform counteranalysis. Particular focus is placed on the writing process, including such subject areas of fundamentals of writing, the legal writing process, office legal memoranda, court briefs and correspondence. This information is offered in a user-friendly format using examples and hypotheticals to illustrate the concepts. A Web site related to the text provides students the convenience of accessing assignments on line.Putman, William H. is the author of 'Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing', published 2003 under ISBN 9780766854550 and ISBN 0766854558.