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Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, and seminar papers / by Eugene Volokh ; with foreword by Judge Alex Kozinski.

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Main Author: Volokh, Eugene
Other Authors: Kozinski, Alex, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Legal composition.

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505 0 0 |t LAW REVIEW ARTICLES AND STUDENT NOTES: THE BASICS --  |g The  |t initial step: choosing a claim --  |t Organizing the article --  |t Converting practical work, such as law firm memos, into academic articles --  |t Budgeting your time --  |t Deciding what to set aside --  |t Choosing a title --  |g Summary --  |t SEMINAR TERM PAPERS --  |g Introduction :  |t comparing seminar term papers and academic articles --  |t Figuring out what your instructor expects --  |t Finding a topic --  |t Budgeting your time --  |t Turning the paper into a publishable article --  |t RESEARCH --  |t Identifying sample cases and incidents --  |t Understanding the law --  |t Knowing when to shift from research to writing --  |t WRITING --  |t There are no lazy readers, only busy readers --  |t Go through many drafts --  |t If you see no red marks on a paragraph, go over it again --  |t If you need to reread something to understand it, rewrite it --  |t Read the draft with "new eyes" --  |t Finish the first draft quickly/defeat writer's block by skipping around --  |t React effectively to your professor's (and other editors') suggestions --  |t Use section headings and a table of contents to help organize your thinking --  |t Note down all your ideas --  |t Things to look for: logic --  |t Things to look for: writing --  |t Proofreading --  |t Editing: two exercises --  |t USING EVIDENCE CORRECTLY: --  |t Read, quote and cite the original source --  |t Check the studies on which you rely --  |t Compromise wisely --  |t Be careful with the terms you use --  |t Try to avoid foreseeable misunderstandings by readers --  |t Understand your source --  |t Handle survey evidence correctly --  |t When extrapolating, be explicit about your assumptions --  |t Make sure your comparisons make sense --  |g A  |t source checking exercise --  |g Summary --  |t CITE-CHECKING OTHERS' ARTICLES --  |t Recommendations for cite-checkers --  |t Recommendations for law review editors --  |t PUBLISHING AND PUBLICIZING --  |t Consider publishing outside your school --  |t Working with law journal editors --  |t Publicizing the article before it's published --  |t Publicizing the published article --  |t Planning the next article --  |t ACADEMIC ETHICS --  |t Avoiding plagiarism --  |t Being candid --  |t Being fair and polite to your adversaries --  |t Being fair to the law review editors who publish your article --  |t Preserving confidentiality --  |t Treating sources fairly, and complying with human subjects protection guidelines --  |t Making data available --  |g CONCLUSION --  |g APPENDIX I:  |t Clumsy words and phrases --  |g APPENDIX II:  |t Answers to exercises --  |g APPENDIX III:  |t Sample cover letters. 
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