First things first
Outlining a rule of law
Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue
Formulating a rule from a case opinion
Formulating a rule from multiple authorities
Using a rule to form the structure: special circumstances
Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule explanation
Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule application
Writing the analysis of a single issue: organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities
Writing the analysis of multiple issues
The office memo and the law-trained reader
Organizing for your reader: the discussion section
Completing the draft of the office memo
Citations and quotations
Revising for usage and style
Ethics, judges, and briefs
Formulating and structuring a favorable rule
Drafting working headings
Writing the working draft
The argument and the format of the brief
The statement of facts
Editing the brief
Oral argument.