　　涉外法律实践要求从业人员将谈判、咨询、法律研究以及辩论的能力整合在一起，而有一种能力是以上所有能力的基础，这就是高效的法律英语写作能力。法律文书应当是十分清楚、精准、全面而且通俗易懂的，但是，涉外法律文书种类的纷繁复杂给我国涉外法律从业人员的工作带来极大的障碍。为了方便涉外法律从业人员学习法律英语写作，《全国高等院校法律英语精品系列教材·法律英语证书（LEC）全国统一考试指定用书：法律英语写作教程》详细介绍了几种重要、实用的法律文书的写作方法。

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Legal Writing
Chapter 2 Writing Letters
Chapter 3 Law Office Memo
Chapter 4 Writing Briefs
Section 1 Basics of Writing Briefs
Section 2 Briefs to a TriaI Court
Section 3 Briefs to an Appellate Court
Section 4 Effective Advocacy in Brief Writing
Chapter 5 Understanding Legal Citations
Appendix Brief Samples
References

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　　2．Steps to Write a Letter
　　There are many factors to be considered in legal letter writing．Please follow the followingsteps to write a complete legal letter．
　　（1）Find a letter form．
　　Find a similar letter you have sent in the past，or see the sample letters in this Chapter．
　　（2）Do not send a letter to another lawyer’S client without that lawyer’S consent．Before sending the letter，find out if the non-lawyer is represented by someone else．Startby asking your client．
　　（3）Outline your thoughts in a checklist．
　　Before turning on your computer or dictating machine，pull out a yellow pad and jot downthe main points for your letter．List what you want the letter to say．Write the points in any or—der；write them as they come into your mind．
　　（4）Start your letter carefully．
　　Letters begin with boring things like the date and recipient’S name and address，but if anyof these are missing or wrong，the letter writer will look pretty careless，to say the least．So becareful when starting the letter．
　　（5）Date your letter．
　　Date your letter the day you write it，and send it the same day．Consider using the in-ternational dating convention of day—month—year rather than the U．S．convention of month—day-year．
　　（6）Indicate the time of your letter．
　　If you are sending a fax or email，then type the time next to the date．While letters“crossin the mail”in days．faxes and emails“cross in the wires”in hours and minutes．
　　（7）Remind your client to preserve attorney--client confidentiality．
　　Sometimes clients show your letters to others without realizing they can lose the attorney—client privilege of that communication．Add this phrase at the top of the letter to remind themnot to do this：
　　CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY—CLIENT COMMUNICATION
　　DO NOT COPY OR DISCLOSE TO ANYONE ELSE
　　If the letter is written during or in anticipation of litigation，the following phrase can beused：
　　CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY—CLIENT COMMUNICATION AND WORK PRODUCT
　　DO NOT COPY OR DISCLOSE TO ANYONE ELSE
　　（8）Be sure to use the recipient’S correct legal name and address．
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