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PREDICTIVE WRITING Study Unit 3 eLearning RPK 214.

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1 PREDICTIVE WRITING Study Unit 3 eLearning RPK 214

2 LEGAL WRITING LEGAL ANALYSISLEGAL DRAFTING PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS PERSUASIVE ANALYSIS - Considers authority & predicts outcome -Opinion - Advice - Persuades reader of client’s case - Arguments - Letter of demand - Contracts - Letters - Wills, trusts, etc. Academic writing

3 PREDICTIVE vs PERSUASIVE WRITING Study Unit 3 – Study the features of and difference between these two types of writing well! vs Predictive writing....investigative, probing, searching.... Legal opinions, letters to clients... Persuasive writing...convincing, mind-changing... Heads of argument, letters of demand...

4 SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO LEGAL WRITING 1.COLLECT FACTS 2.IDENTIFY PURPOSE / INTENTION OF WRITING / ISSUE What is to be accomplished? What should be included? Persuade / inform? 3.CONSIDER AUDIENCE Who will use document? What does the reader know? 4.CONSIDER CONSTRAINTS Time limits Mailing requirements, etc. A. PRE-WRITING STAGE

5 B. WRITING STAGE 1.ORGANIZE THOUGHTS & MATERIAL Persuasive / informative? Set up outline of document Strategy? 2.WRITE Sentence structure & style Language! Persuasive / informative techniques 3.AVOID ORGANIZATIONAL, GRAMMATICAL & LEXICAL WEAKNESSES

6 C. POST-WRITING STAGE 1.READ CRITICALLY 2.EDIT & REVISE 3.REWRITE ONE DRAFT OF A DOCUMENT IS NEVER ENOUGH


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