Best Legal Education Writing
Presents a guide for lawyers for constructing citations, covering the format of citations from a variety of legal sources, including court cases, statutes, books, periodicals, electronic media, and international documents.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Huge upgrade from my previous 16th edition."
"Needed books for my class, this came in near perfect condition!!!"
"There’s some unclear topics, like the use of ellipses, but still very helpful!"
"Purchase book for school."
In its first two editions, The Winning Brief explained the art of effective writing in 100 concise, practical, and easy-to-use tips, proving that the key to writing well is to understand the judicial readership. Covering everything from the rules for planning and organizing a brief to openers that can capture a judge's attention from the first few words, these tips add up to the most compelling, orderly, and visually appealing brief that an advocate can present. Among the new sections are tips on understanding judges' reading habits, answering opponents' arguments, writing effective reply briefs, using authorities persuasively, and organizing arguments based on statutes and contracts. A best-selling legal author with more than a dozen titles to his credit, Bryan Garner is also the editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary in all of its current editions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Other tips are on a practical level like how to simplify the heading-subheading scheme so the reader understands your progression of arguments."
"I didn't realize it was a signed copy!"
"Forget all other books on appellate writing."
"I have found this book very informative & useful."
"This book has some great examples of formatting and common logic structure."
"If you have any troubles with writing, this is the book for you."
"Brian Garner preaches by telling us how to organize our thoughts, and shows us how to write clearly and persuasively by the way he has written this easily read book."
"This book has wonderful, practical advice for those beginning their journey into legal writing."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is widely used in the legal field over ALWD."
"My only question is why doesn't Bluebook have a helpful website like EasyBib?"
"This version of Bluebook is much bigger than the older version."
"The index is alright, but let's face it: who has time for the index when it's 10:30pm and you have something due at midnight?"
"As if tuition for law school isn't egregious enough, the entire field seems to believe that students are in further need of punishment. Worst of all, it continues to grow like a malignant tumor on the minds of poor law students."
"Be careful, this is the 19th edition."
"Not applicable in the real world."
Best One-L
Assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country, 1L of a Ride provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial first year.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Backed by empirical evidence as well as student testimonials, you see the real, objective side of what it's like during the first year of law school."
"This book is an amazing read for that period between been admitted and actually starling law school. I would certainly recommend it to anyone who's about to start, or considering, law school."
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"I was business major who decided late senior year to go to law school, with no real background or knowledge of anything relating to the legal profession."
"If you are going to law school or know someone who is, get them this book."
"I start law school in a few months so I can't remark on the accuracy of what he says, but as someone preparing for law school I found it useful."
"I didn't do everything this book recommended, but the directives for a successful first year helped me keep my eye on the prize and do what I needed to do to be successful."
Best Legal Education Profession
Assigned as required or recommended reading at law schools throughout the country, 1L of a Ride provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial first year.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Backed by empirical evidence as well as student testimonials, you see the real, objective side of what it's like during the first year of law school."
"This book is an amazing read for that period between been admitted and actually starling law school. I would certainly recommend it to anyone who's about to start, or considering, law school."
"As I enter 3L year, I still find myself going back to this book for advice and guidance."
"I was business major who decided late senior year to go to law school, with no real background or knowledge of anything relating to the legal profession."
"If you are going to law school or know someone who is, get them this book."
"I start law school in a few months so I can't remark on the accuracy of what he says, but as someone preparing for law school I found it useful."
"I didn't do everything this book recommended, but the directives for a successful first year helped me keep my eye on the prize and do what I needed to do to be successful."
Best Legal Education Annotations & Citations
This casebook, which has been used as the principal text in more than one hundred law schools, contains extensive material on insurance contract formation and interpretation; insurance regulation; insurable interest and liability for bad-faith breach; property, health, life, and disability insurance; commercial general liability and directors & officers liability insurance; auto insurance; and reinsurance.
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Best Legal Test Preparation
People with a fixed mindset —those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset —those who believe that abilities can be developed. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. “If you manage people or are a parent (which is a form of managing people), drop everything and read Mindset .” —Guy Kawasaki, author of The Art of the Start 2.0. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won nine lifetime achievement awards for her research.
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"However, most of the book seems to focus on discussing the difference between "fixed mindset" and "growth mindset" applied to different fields. It is like the author uses the entire book to emphasize how important "growth mindset" is but doesn't really offer much help."
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