Dear 1L - Amanda Dealy Haverstick

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Résumé :
Legal writing is hard. Learning about it shouldn't be. In Dear 1L, a collection of nurturing letters, tactical how-to's, and advanced legal-writing tips, legal-writing coach Amanda Haverstick answers all the questions you didn't know you need to know. How do you avoid a dicta trap when writing the fall memo? What's the winning formula for an IRAC essay? A legal brief? A lawyer's resume? And what's the TICTAC comma, anyway? Get the cheat codes on these topics and more that still trip up 1Ls every year. Dear 1L gives you a witty, insightful preview of what to expect during 1L. What's more, the writing tips you'll learn come from decades of BigLaw-litigation experience, and they've been blessed by thousands of lawyers and law students online. This book is a trusted supplement you'll refer to throughout law school and beyond....

Biographie:
Amanda Haverstick is founder and managing partner of Writing Law Tutors LLC, a legal-writing consultancy that helps lawyers and law students improve their written communication skills. She spent two decades litigating employment claims and counseling employers at Morgan Lewis, Proskauer, and The Hershey Company. Amanda earned her BA, cum laude, from Harvard University (1991), and her JD, summa cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School (1996), where she graded on to law review, served as Executive Editor, and published a student Note. Amanda lives in a suburb of Philadelphia with her husband, Matt, a managing partner at Kleinbard Bell. They have three daughters, including one budding litigator....

Sommaire:
Amanda Haverstick is founder and managing partner of Writing Law Tutors LLC, a legal-writing consultancy that helps lawyers and law students improve their written communication skills. She spent two decades litigating employment claims and counseling employers at Morgan Lewis, Proskauer, and The Hershey Company. Amanda earned her BA, cum laude, from Harvard University (1991), and her JD, summa cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School (1996), where she graded on to law review, served as Executive Editor, and published a student Note. Amanda lives in a suburb of Philadelphia with her husband, Matt, a managing partner at Kleinbard Bell. They have three daughters, including one budding litigator....