Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Domestic and foreign legal systems -- Intercultural competence -- Professionalism and professional identity -- Rules : an overview of statutory interpretation and synthesis -- Legal reasoning and analysis toolkit -- The process of legal writing -- Knowing your audience -- Objective legal writing -- The formal memorandum -- The short-form memorandum -- Receiving and implementing feedback -- Interviewing the client -- Counseling the client -- Professional correspondence -- Persuasive legal writing -- Pre-trial motions -- The appellate process and standard of review -- The appellate brief -- Oral argument -- Judicial writing -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Negotiation and settlement -- Contract drafting -- Research strategies -- Foreign and international legal research -- The citation requirement -- The last critical task : the "white-glove inspection."

"Across practice areas and jurisdictions, new lawyers need fundamental lawyering skills. [This book] is designed to teach these fundamental lawyering skills by introducing students to a broader range of skills than a traditional research and writing textbook. While the book covers foundational objective and persuasive legal writing skills, it also addresses other lawyering skills, such as oral argument, alternative dispute resolution, transactional drafting, and client interviewing and counseling. Additionally, students need an understanding of how cross-cultural and transnational considerations impact the practice of law. [This book also] covers foreign legal systems, intercultural competence, and cross-cultural considerations in the practice of law...The new edition provides updates to existing chapters and includes new chapters on professionalism and professional identity, incorporating feedback, and judicial writing."-- Publisher's website.