Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. First things first : the process of writing predictively : the office memo
Chapter 2. Outlining a rule of law
Chapter 3. Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue
Chapter 4. Formulating a rule from a case opinion
Chapter 5. Formulating a rule from multiple authorities
Chapter 6. Using a rule to form the structure : special circumstances : drafting for analysis : writing the working draft
Chapter 7. Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule explanation
Chapter 8. Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule application
Chapter 9. Writing the analysis of a single issue : organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities
Chapter 10. Writing the analysis of multiple issues : Converting your working draft to an office memo
Chapter 11. The office memo and the law-trained reader
Chapter 12. Organizing for your reader : the discussion section
Chapter 13. Completing the draft of the office memo : Revising to achieve a final draft
Chapter 14. Citations and quotations
Chapter 15. Revising for usage and style : Professional letter writing
Chapter 16. Writing professional letters : the process of writing persuasively : the brief : structuring for persuasion : outlining the working draft
Chapter 17. Ethics, judges, and briefs
Chapter 18. Formulating and structuring a favourable rule
Chapter 19. Drafting working headings
Chapter 20. Writing the working draft : Converting the working draft to a brief
Chapter 21. The argument and the format of the brief
Chapter 22. The statement of facts : Revising to achieve a final draft
Chapter 23. Editing the brief
Chapter 24. Oral argument.