Legal research and writing for paralegals /
Bouchoux, Deborah E., 1950-
Legal research and writing for paralegals / Deborah E. Bouchoux, - Ninth edition. - xxxvii, 780 pages ; 26 cm. - Paralegal series .
Includes index.
Finding the law -- The federal and state court systems -- Statutory law -- Case law and judicial opinions -- Locating cases through digests, annotated law reports, and words and phrases -- Encyclopedias, periodicals, treatises, and restatements -- Miscellaneous secondary authorities -- Legal citation form -- Updating and validating your research -- Special research issues -- The digital library : Lexis advance, Westlaw, and other nonprint research sources -- E-Research : legal research using the internet -- Overview of the research process -- Back to basics -- Strategies for effective writing -- Legal correspondence -- Legal memoranda -- Legal briefs -- Postwriting steps.
9781543801637
2019021382
Legal research--United States.
Legal composition.
Legal assistants--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States
Textbooks.
KF240 / B68
340.072/073
Legal research and writing for paralegals / Deborah E. Bouchoux, - Ninth edition. - xxxvii, 780 pages ; 26 cm. - Paralegal series .
Includes index.
Finding the law -- The federal and state court systems -- Statutory law -- Case law and judicial opinions -- Locating cases through digests, annotated law reports, and words and phrases -- Encyclopedias, periodicals, treatises, and restatements -- Miscellaneous secondary authorities -- Legal citation form -- Updating and validating your research -- Special research issues -- The digital library : Lexis advance, Westlaw, and other nonprint research sources -- E-Research : legal research using the internet -- Overview of the research process -- Back to basics -- Strategies for effective writing -- Legal correspondence -- Legal memoranda -- Legal briefs -- Postwriting steps.
9781543801637
2019021382
Legal research--United States.
Legal composition.
Legal assistants--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States
Textbooks.
KF240 / B68
340.072/073