SUBJECT INDEX

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[To show you what you can expect from our toolkit, we have provided below a copy of the index that comes from the paper version of Win More Cases: The Lawyer's Toolkit (August 2008). If you prefer, you can download a PDF version of the subject index]

All fours, case on  147

Amici curiae  iv

Analogies  152

Analyst’s Notebook (software)  20

Appeal, identifying basis of 87

Appellate briefs See Briefs

Appellate record  23

Applications (of toolkit) 5

Architect, The  16, 17

Areas of law See under Criminal law; Civil law

Arguments

5 kinds of 141

cable-like  141

cross-type  142

foundational versus relational  154, 155

intra-type  142

justifying arguments  13

motivating arguments 13

number of 164

order of 164

organization of  165, 166, 167

two-sided  See Persuasion tools

workbench of  140, 141, 142

Artist, The  16, 17

AskSam (software)  96

Audience

for toolkit  4

importance of 142

tailor your argument to 5, 6, 7–12

Australia

Commonwealth Constitution  62

division of responsibilities  63, 62–69

local government  62

State Constitutions  62

Territories  62

Australian Law Reform Commission  iii

bCisive (software)  116

Bee Docs (software)  20

Brainstorm, meaning of  15

Briefs 1, 5, 8, 27, 99, 131, 135, 160, 164, 165, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176

Canons of interpretation  143

Carpenter, The 16, 17

Cartwheel method  92

Case synthesis  152

CaseMap (software)  20

Causes of action

civil  57

criminal  See Criminal offense

meaning of  52

Character  132

Check, meaning of  15

Choice, judicial 13

Circles method 4, 117

Citations

accuracy of  175

adapting to your audience  169

number of  168

order of  167

Civil law, areas of  44–50

Classical rhetorical theory  13

Committee drafting, problems with  1

Conciliation and Arbitration Commission  iii

Conflict (in storytelling)  133–34

Contractionary thinking  16

Craft, meaning of  15

Credibility  See Persuasion tools

Criminal law

areas of   50

parties  43

Criminal offenses 52–56

Crown Prosecution Service  43

Defenses

civil  59

criminal  58

meaning of  58

Department of Public Prosecutions  43

Elements and ingredients  117, 118–21

Emotion See Persuasion tools

EndNote (software)  96

England and Wales

division of responsibilities  69–75

local government  70

parliamentary sovereignty  69

Exam questions  4, 5, 23

Expansionary thinking  15, 16

Fact keywords  31, 84, 93

Facts

‘How’ questions  27

‘What’ questions  24

‘When’ questions  25

‘Where’ questions  25

‘Who’ questions  25

‘Why’ questions  26

5W and H method  24

chronological  28

collecting  24

comprehending  27

drawing  28

explaining  28

favorable and unfavorable  24

importance of  21

interdependence of facts and law  21

relevant and irrelevant  21

sources of  21–23

Flowers paradigm  16

Icons

brainstorm  15, 16

check  17

craft 15

sketch 15, 17

Information

5 spheres of  97

sources of

Extra-net  97, 100

Inner-net  97, 98

Inter-net  97, 101, 102, 103, 105

Inter-NOT  97, 107, 108

Intra-net  97, 99

Inspector, The  16, 17

Inspiration (software)  116, 119

Intent, arguments based on  144, 145–46, 155

Issue keywords 93

Issues, how to identify  124, 126

Judges (as an audience) 5, 6

Jurisdiction, meaning of  61

Keywords See Search terms

KnowledgeLink (software)  96

Legal concept keywords  84, 85

Legal concepts  31, 32, 39, 40, 42

Legal Research Center  4

Letters to counsel  5

Likeability  See Persuasion tools

Logic See Persuasion tools

Medium mood control  See Persuasion tools

Memorandums  5

Mind Manager (software)  116, 119

Mindset  15, 16

National Legal Research Group  4

Objects

examples of  38, 39

in problem  32, 72

meaning of  38

purposes of identifying  39

Outcomes, arguments based on  154

Parties

relationships between  34

role of  33

special characteristics of  35

Persuasion theories  13

Persuasion tools

argumentative headings  166

chronological order  160

credibility  159, 181

emotion  130–38

inoculation  169

likeability  21, 132–33

logic  139–56, 159

medium mood control  130, 132, 159, 160–81

objectivity  163

qualified statements  177

references to the record  161

repetition  171, 174

storytelling  28, 131, 159

two-sided arguments 169

understatement  172

Places

location of  37

special characteristics of  38

type of 36

Plain language  159

Police  43

Policy, arguments based on  153, 155, 156

Precedent

distinguishing  148

overruling  150

when have none  152

Precedent, arguments based on 148–51, 155

Preliminary issue statements  84

Present, Absent, Issue method  125–26

Pressures (on lawyers) 1

Private law, meaning of  43

Problem-solving, dynamic and interdependent nature of  14

Problem-solving models

CRAC  168

IRAC  165

Procedural law, meaning of  44

Public law, meaning of  43

Rationale (software)  4, 116, 119

ReferenceManager (software)  96

Remedies

civil  61

criminal  60

Research Lawyer  4, 5, 23

Research One  vi, vii, 2, 99, 100

Search terms  90, 92, 94

Settlements  5

Skeleton arguments  5

Sketch, meaning of  15

Software  vii, 4, 20, 91, 96, 97, 116, 158, 159

Sources

accessing  110

acquiring  112

assessing  111

awareness of   97

noting-up  112

reviewing  114

sorting  114

Statement of Facts  28, 129, 131, 132, 160, 162, 160–62

Statsky cartwheel method  92

Storytelling  See Persuasion tools

Students  4, 5, 23, 109

Style  See Writing style

StyleWriter (software)  4, 158, 174

Subjects

examples of  40

meaning of  40

purposes of identifying  40

Submissions 5, 160

Substantive law, meaning of  44

Teachers  4, 5, 23, 164

Text, arguments based on  143–44, 155, 156

Thinking, ways of  15

Threshold questions  88

TimeLine Maker (software)  4, 20, 28

TimeMap (software)  20

Topic sentences  166, 167

Tradition, arguments based on  153

Type of law, meaning of  43

Under, Did, When method  85–86

USA

Constitution  75

division of responsibilities  75–81

local government  75

Visual Thesaurus (software)  4, 91, 94

WordStyler (software)  vii, 4, 158, 174

Worksheets  17

Writing style

avoid—

‘clearly’, ‘obviously’, etc  177

abbreviations 180

ALL CAPs  180

arguments, too many  164

capitalization, inconsistent use of 180

citations, excessive  168

clichés  179

cross-references, incomplete or inaccurate  177

grammatical errors  176

hedge words  177

hyphens, inconsistent use of  181

jargon  178

legalese  178

long quotations  173

misplaced quotation marks  181

misspellings 176

needless words  179

negative phrases  180

nominalizations  178

overstatements  172

procedural labels  173

repetition, unnecessary  174

scorn, sarcasm, etc 172

throat-clearing phrases  179

typographical errors  176

embrace—

candor  161

chronological order  160

conclusions upfront  163

headings, especially argumentative headings  166

names rather than labels  173

pinpoint page references  180

record, references to  161

short words  172

Tables of Contents  173

topic sentences  166, 167

transitional words and phrases  167

how writing style affects persuasion  130, 159