The pre-writing handbook for law students

"Intended primarily for use in the first few weeks of the first-semester legal writing course, The Pre-Writing Handbook for Law Students : A Step-by-Step Guide is designed to help students focus on and become competent in the process of legal analysis that precedes their work on early legal writing products such as memos, case briefs, and other documents. The Handbook takes an innovative approach to learning legal analysis, introducing a series of repeatable steps that students can apply to any legal scenario and encouraging students to think metacognitively as they work through the pre-writing process. The confidence students gain from practicing and internalizing the analytic steps of the pre-writing process will result in a smoother writing process and will ultimately translate into a better written product"--Unedited summary from book cover.