St. John's University Law Faculty Blog

The workbook is designed to help students develop two essential lawyering skills: objective analysis and writing.  Providing ample foundation in every chapter followed by exercises, the workbook aims to complement any legal writing book or to serve as a stand-alone text in settings of academic support or pre-law instruction.  Specifically, it helps students master lawyerly skills such as:  formulating questions to ask clients upon intake, exploring research strategies into systems of law, developing critical reading skills, organizing and applying the law into objective written analysis, and polishing their writing.