Legal Writing · 3rd Edition
Your Client's Story: Effective Legal Writing - 3rd Edition - Ruth Anne Robbins
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Your Client's Story: Effective Legal Writing 3rd Edition Ruth Anne Robbins ISBN 9781543840223
Every client has a story, and Your Client’s Story: Effective Legal Writing, Third Edition teaches students how to tell it effectively. This text guides readers through the process of client-centered legal communication—from investigating facts and synthesizing the law to designing clear, persuasive documents. Essential for both client counseling and advocacy, the book combines engaging explanations with examples that illustrate core concepts, showing how narrative theory, brain science, and classical rhetoric enhance legal thinking and writing.
New and Expanded in the Third Edition:
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Predictive legal writing framed through narrative theory
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Analogical reasoning, including step-by-step instruction for case synthesis and applying legal rules to client facts
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Updated and expanded coverage of:
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Logical fallacies
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Foundations of legal reasoning and the legal system
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Stare decisis
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Mandatory vs. persuasive authority
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Revised organization that mirrors the step-by-step process of legal thinking and writing
This edition helps students master not just the mechanics of legal writing, but the strategic thinking needed to communicate effectively on behalf of clients.
Your Client's Story: Effective Legal Writing 3rd Edition Ruth Anne Robbins ISBN 9781543840223, 978-1543840223 & 9798892071802
Authors
Ruth Anne Robbins
Steve Johansen
Ken Chestek
Details
- ISBN
- 9781543840223
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- Aspen Publishing
- Publication Date
- January 2026
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