Welcome to Law 17 - Legal Writing at Mission College!

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Legal Writing Papers for this class

• format for your paper - http://profjordan.pbwiki.com/format
• assignment calculator - http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/collections/instsvs/assigncalc/date.asp
• search engines/internet - http://www.bsu.edu/library/electronicresources/internetsearch/
• writing tutorial - http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml
• constructing thesis statements - http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
• evalauating sources - http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/viewpage.asp?src=./collections/instsvs/research/evaluatingsources.html
• brainstorming - http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/brainstorming.html
• argument - http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
• How do I ? - http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/howdi.html
• argumentative-thesis
• Research papers - Dr. Gaines - http://missionparalegal.pbworks.com/writing

Resources

• read this - http://www.profj.us/start/
• First Day of class - http://www.profj.us/1stday/
• Late Assignment policy - http://www.profj.us/late/
• legal research - http://www.profj.us/legalresearch/
• Law 17 and 34 research papers - http://del.icio.us/abogado/law17-34papers
• recent papers by students - http://research-papers.pbwiki.com/
• topics for your legal research papers - http://del.icio.us/abogado/topics
• How to put together footnotes - footnotes.htm
• Read how to use case citations (very important) - http://del.icio.us/abogado/citations
• Difference between a footnote and and endnote - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endnotes
• join us for Meet and Confer Sessions (Optional - not required) - http://lamission.edu/law/26sua/meet/

Articles to Read

How to Study Law

Good Legal Writing

Read Like a Lawyer

The Uses of Argument

Analytic Thinking

Character counts