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