Legal Writing by Design: A Guide to Great Briefs and Memos 
asked by lovieduvie on November 5, 2006 4:42 PM
Through easily understandable hypotheticals, outlines, and writing samples, Legal Writing by Design demonstrates how to transform ideas into writing. It demystifies the writing process by explaining the design of deductive and inductive reasoning, as well as analogical thinking. Once that design is understood, writing becomes easy.
Legal Writing by Design is unique in that it explains how to transform thoughts into writing by explaining the link between thinking and writing. It doesn't just tell the reader to "argue by analogy" or "apply the rule" -- it explains the design of the thinking involved in those processes and shows how to transform that design into writing.
In clear terms, Rambo and Pflaum give readers the confidence and direction to apply the reasoning skills they already possess to legal writing.
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I have always been a strong writer. Once I started law school, though, I learned that what once passed for "strong writing" as an undergrad and out in the real world had no relationship to what constitutes "strong writing" in the legal world. After I got my first (devastating) grade on a legal writing assignment, I turned to the law librarian for recommendations. This was it. It saved my life... or at least my GPA. This is now the only writing resource I use, and only wish I had read it before my first attempt at a legal memo!
reviewed by willie on November 18, 2006 10:42 AM
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THis is the best writing book I've seen for use by law students and practicing lawyers. It provides a superb, step by step process for constructing well written legal analysis. Moreover, the writing style is entertaining - something you don't often see in a writing text.
reviewed by heavymetal on November 21, 2006 12:11 PM