With a practical focus on persuasive writing strategies, Advanced Legal Writing: Theory and Strategies in Persuasive Writing explores three classical techniques: logos, pathos, and ethos, and provides students with a thorough introduction to the elements of rhetorical style. Unlike many other advanced legal writing texts, which tend to focus on a document-specific approach, this unique coursebook focuses on classical writing strategies that students can apply to a wide range of settings. The depth and scope of this text make it appropriate for upper-level legal writing courses. The Third Edition has been expanded to include the use of movies and other popular culture media in chapters dealing with literary references. There have also been substantial revisions to the chapter on policy. Features: Comprehensive coverage of the technical aspects of rhetorical style: metaphor, literary allusion, and figures of speech. Emphasizes theory as well as practice, building on three basic strategies of persuasive legal writing: Logos: Logic and rational argument. o Pathos: Value-based argument. Ethos: Establishing credibility. Highlights interdisciplinary contributions to persuasive writing from diverse fields, including cognitive psychology, classical rhetoric, and morality theory. Presents effective strategies that extend beyond the trial or appellate brief to a broad range of documents and settings. Covers new developments in cognitive psychology, pathos, persuasion, and the role of metaphor in persuasive legal writing. Depth and scope appropriate for upper-level legal writing classes. Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition offers: Substantial revisions to the chapter on policy. Expanded chapters on literary references now include other media, e.g., movies and other pop culture platforms.

Advanced Legal Writing: Theories and Strategies in Persuasive Writing is exceptionally well suited for use in upper level Legal Writing courses that focus on strategy.The author's distinctive approach: - emphasizes persuasive writing strategies and explores specific techniques for legal writers - combines theory with practicality by taking an interdisciplinary approach - avoids a "documents-based" approach, going beyond the trial or appellate brief to identify effective strategies for a broad range of documents and settings - follows a consistent format, offering for each writing strategy: - an explanation of its nature and characteristics - an account of the theoretical principles that explain their effectiveness - detailed "how-to" guidelines for students to use in their own writing - numerous examples of proper use of the strategy and exercises - consideration of ethical implications - a thorough Teacher's ManualThe book is divided into five main parts that cover: - literary references and their value in persuasive writing - the three basic processes of persuasion: logic and rational argument, emotional argument, and establishing credibility - rhetorical style - persuasive writing strategies based on psychology theory - the ethics and morality of persuasionBe sure to review Advanced Legal Writing: Theories and Strategies in Persuasive Writing before you make an adoption decision for your course.

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This book is an advanced legal writing text designed toimprove the writing skills of lawyers, paralegals and lawstudents by giving them a readable and accessible book withlots of practical writing advice. It is further written tomotivate lawyers, paralegals and law students to take legalwriting seriously as a distinct and important discipline,worthy of concentrated and consistent study.

"Primary text for law school courses on Persuasive or Advanced Legal Writing, and a handbook for lawyers who want to advance their legal writing skills"--

Recent surveys indicate that more and more law schools are beginning to offer legal writing courses beyond those required in the first year. . . . One by-product of the boom in advanced legal writing courses has been the recent publication of numerous books and articles on the topic. . . . As these books and articles make clear, there is no consensus among legal writing professionals as to what substance an advanced legal writing course should cover. . . . In this article, I attempt to summarize and categorize the various approaches of advanced legal writing courses. . . . It should be emphasized that my aim is breadth rather than depth. Unlike most of the existing articles on advanced legal writing, which provide detailed suggestions for designing and teaching a specific course, this article briefly summarizes the various substantive approaches and their primary advantages and disadvantages. I hope it will serve as a starting point for legal writing professionals who are thinking about designing a new advanced course, and for all faculty who are contemplating additions to their school's legal writing curriculum and would like an overview of the different courses being offered at other schools around the country.

Wayne Schiess's Advanced Legal Writing Workshop guides legal writers through more than 50 advanced skills and techniques. It's full of clear explanations and before-and-after examples on topics from parallelism to persuasion, possessives to passive voice, plain English to professional editing. Why study advanced topics? Legal writers are professional writers--who should have a high writing IQ. And studying advanced topics will improve every part of the writing process: outlining, drafting, and editing.