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"Designed as a complement to Blumenfeld's Basics of Legal Argumentation and Its Expression, this book provides concrete examples of the concepts presented there. The examples in this book show the implementation of the many abstract concepts of legal writing in a variety of unique situations. Twelve distinct cases provide the basis for working through concepts related to one or more of the phases of creating a legal argument and expressing that argument in writing. In using the more abstract concepts in connection with unique and specific cases, the author establishes that each concept must be adapted to the particular requirement of each particular case. One can simply read through the examples to see demonstrations of the concepts at work, or, one can actually work through the examples with the author, continuing with the ""further work"" suggested with each example. This book illustrates that the concepts are indeed tools and not templates or ends in themselves: they must be combined with the writer's thinking and understanding skills to achieve an effective document for any one specific and unique case. The two books together form a valuable resource for the legal writer."

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Barbara P. Blumenfeld is a Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico School of Law. She is also an Emeritus Member of the Michigan Bar and an inactive member of the New Mexico Bar. She is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature with high distinction from Wayne State University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She began her law practice in Michigan as a plaintiff's personal injury attorney. It was also in Michigan, as a Legal Writing Instructor at Wayne Law School, that she discovered her love of teaching. She has spent over 25 years teaching legal reasoning, writing, and communication at both the beginning and advanced levels. She founded and directed the Legal Writing Program at University of New Mexico School of Law. She has written and presented on various aspects of legal writing and legal education with special focus on the creative process and the teaching of thinking and reasoning skills. She also continues to study literature and to write nonacademic pieces, especially poetry and short essays. In her spare time she designs and makes flamenco dance costumes and is an avid Detroit Tigers Baseball fan.

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