TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bouchoux,Deborah E.
TI  - Legal research and writing for paralegals
T2  - Aspen college series
SN  - 9780735598652 (perfectbound : alk. paper)
AV  - KF 240 .B6  2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers
KW  - Legal research
KW  - United States
KW  - Legal composition
KW  - Legal assistants
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Finding the law -- The federal and state court systems -- Statutory law -- Case law and judicial opinions -- The use of digests, annotated law reports, and words and phrases -- Encyclopedias, periodicals, treatises, and restatements -- Miscellaneous secondary authorities -- Legal citation form -- Updating and validating your research -- Special research issues -- The digital library : Lexis, Westlaw, and nonprint research sources -- E-research : legal research using the internet -- Overview of the research process -- Back to basics -- Strategies for effective writing -- Legal correspondence -- Legal memoranda -- Legal briefs -- Postwriting steps
ER  -