The author is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He
gives practical advice about how to make effective written and oral presentations to an
appellate court. The Ninth Circuit recommended this book to litigants appearing before it
in De La Rosa v. Scottsdale Memorial Health
Sys., Inc., 136 F.3d 1241 (9th Cir. 1998). (6/11/98) [
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The author taught legal writing to Harvard Law
School students for 12 years. Here, he gives advice about how to tell a good legal story
that will persuade judges to your point of view. His recommendations include leading with
your conclusions, and dealing with the arguments against your case. Those opposing
arguments are best heard from you rather than your adversary. (2/20/00)
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Subtitled "The Zero Tolerance
Approach to Punctuation," this book dissects common errors that grammar
mavens have long deplored (often, as she readily points out, in
isolation) and makes elegant arguments for increased attention to
punctuation correctness, in a chatty tone that ranges from pleasant rant
to gentle lecture to bemused dismay. The Los Angeles Times Book
Review says: "Witty, smart, passionate, it gives long-overdue
attention to 'the traffic signals of language.'" (6/28/04) [
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The Seventh Edition of the definitive legal dictionary. It includes more than
4,500 new, cutting edge terms and is the first A-Z revision of this classic in more than a
century. Harvard Professor Arthur Miller says: "This revision of Black's Law
Dictionary is a wonderful achievement. It will be an invaluable addition to every
lawyer's library." [
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Another edition is available in paperback.
(8/14/99)
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