PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLES, AND THE LEGAL PROCESS.
1: Introduction to Legal Principles and Authorities.
2: Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis.
PART II: LEGAL RESEARCH.
3: Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules--Research and Analysis.
4: Case Law--Research and Briefing.
5: Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources--Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests, Shepard's.
6: Secondary Authority-- Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary Authorities.
7: Computers and Legal Research.
8: Legal Citation.
PART III: THE SPECIFICS OF LEGAL ANALYSIS.
9: Legal Analysis--Key Facts.
10: Legal Analysis--Issue Identification--Spotting the Issue.
11: Legal Analysis--Stating the Issue.
12: Case Law Analysis--Is a Case on Point?
13: Counteranalysis.
PART IV: LEGAL WRITING.
14: Fundamentals of Writing.
15: The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing.
16: Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts.
17: Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion.
18: External Memoranda: Court Briefs.
19: Correspondence.
Appendix A: Court Opinions Referred to in the Text.
Appendix B: Appellate Court Brief.
Appendix C: Web Sites.
Glossary.
Index.