A short history of legal language -- Categories of legal writing -- Sources of law and our system of courts -- The litigation process -- Reading, analyzing, and briefing a case -- A systematic approach to legal writing -- Understanding your context -- Getting organized -- Writing clearly -- Writing effectively -- Reviewing and editing -- Writing an intraoffice memorandum -- Writing a memorandum of points and authorities -- Writing an appellate brief -- Appendix A: an overview of English sentence structure -- Appendix B: formatting legal documents.