Professor Stephanie Williams, Legal Argumentation: Reasoning and Writing About the Law -- CALI

Professor Stephanie Williams co-edited and authored or co-authored several chapters in the recently published CALI textbook, Legal Argumentation: Reasoning & Writing About the Law.  The book is the first first-year student and second-year student-focused legal analysis text from CALI. It is a comprehensive Open Educational Resources legal analysis and reasoning text with national scope. The book covers theories underlying legal reasoning and analysis, contexts in which reasoning and analysis occur, and many common textual and oral genres.

From CALI:

Legal Argumentation: Reasoning & Writing About the Law is suitable for a two- or three-semester introduction to legal analysis, reasoning, research, and writing. It covers theories underlying legal reasoning and analysis, contexts in which reasoning and analysis occur, and many common textual and oral genres, such as memos, briefs, letters, emails, contracts, and oral communication. The book’s appendices provide extensive supplemental information and examples, including writing resources, sample student work, and annotated documents.

The book is available free to download as a fully searchable and customizable PDF at CALI