The Law Office Reference Manual (McGraw-Hill Business Careers Paralegal Titles)

The Law Office Reference Manual contains practical information geared for the legal profession on grammar, spelling, punctuation, word usage applicable to the law; law office procedures; citations to various legal resources with actual citations and examples to case law, administrative laws, statutes, Congressional records, etc. There is currently no one manual combining grammar elements with legal resources and citation format, although there are separate publications dealing with each type of information. There are specialized textbooks on specific topics, including the actual researching and legal writing. The Paralegal Supersite Site Tittle Table of Contents Unit 1. Grammar Sentence Structure Clauses Phrases Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Adjectives Similar Adjectives and Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Unit 2. Punctuation Apostrophe Asterisk Brace Brackets Colon Comma Dash Diagonal Ellipsis Points Exclamation Point Hyphen Parentheses Period Question Mark Quotation Marks Semicolon Underscore Unit 3. Capitalization First Words Proper Nouns Common Nouns Academic Subjects and Degrees Acronyms Astronomical Bodies Compass Terms Correspondence Dates and Times Geographic Names Governmental Agencies and Bodies Hyphenated Words Legal Citations The Courts Legal Terms Names Nationalities and Races Religious Terms Titles Trademarks and Brand Names Unit 4. Spelling, Word Division, and Word Usage Spelling Plural Word Forms Possessives Word Division Word Usage Unit 5. Numbers and Abbreviations Numbers Symbols General Abbreviations Unit 6. Legal Citations Legal Citations Citing Primary Authority Citing Secondary Authority Quoted Material Footnote References Unit 7. Law Office Correspondence Law Office Correspondence Envelopes Forms of Address Memorandums Unit 8. Reports and Legal Writing Reports and Legal Writing Outlines Case Briefs Legal Memorandums Appellate Brief Formal Reports Bibliographies Unit 9. Law Office Management Establishing Priorities Handling Calendars and Appointments Preparing for Appointments and Conferences Planning Meetings Making Travel Arrangements Information Processing Information Processing Software Creating and Using Form Documents Editing and Proofreading Filing Procedures Processing Mail Copying Unit 10. Numerical Data Mathematics for the Law Office Units of Measurement Visual Presentation of Data Tables Charts and Graphs Unit 11. Communication Services Telephone Services Electronic Mail and the Internet Facsimile/Fax Services Paging Services Telecommunication Services U.S. Postal Service Private Mail Services Unite 12. Law Office References Biographical Books Dictionaries and Word Books Directories Encyclopedias Legal Encyclopedias Online Resources Style Manuals Professional Law Office References Form Books Indexes Other Reference Sources Where legal professionals turn for practical answers to technical questions...The Law Office Reference Manual contains practical information geared for the legal profession, including: grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage applicable to the law; law office procedures; citations for various legal resources with actual citations and examples from case law, administrative laws, statutes, Congressional records; and more Grammar Punctuation Capitalization Spelling, word division, and word usage Numbers and abbreviations Law office correspondence Legal report writing Legal writing and citations Law office procedures Numerical data Communication services Law office references.