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This concise text offers a straightforward guide to developing legal writing and analysis skills for beginning legal writers. Legal Writing and Analysis, Third Edition, leads students logically through reading and analyzing the law, writing the discussion of a legal question, writing an office memo and professional letters. The author then focuses on writing for advocacy and concludes with style and formalities and a chapter devoted to oral argument. The Third Edition features new material throughout on drawing factual inferences, one of the most important kinds of reasoning for legal writers, as well as additional examples on the book s companion web site. Among the features that make Legal Writing and Analysis a best-selling text : It tracks the traditional legal writing course syllabusThe consistent use of the legal method approachanalogical reasoningsynthesizing casesrule-basedpolicy-based reasoninguse of precedentsmall-scale organizationNumerous examplesshort exercisesfocus on first-year courses and others focus on professional responsibilityThe Third Edition offersNew material on drawing factual inferencesCitation materials updatedadditional examples of office memos, opposing briefs, letters, and summary judgment motions