The syllogism model -- Determining your conclusion from your position -- Building the premises -- Grounding the premises -- The major premise -- The minor premise -- Summary of the method -- Building a complete argument -- Introduction to writing arguments -- Writing a legal argument -- Common problems of written legal advocacy and how to avoid them -- Special problems of legal advocacy -- Responding to arguments -- Common tactics and rhetorical techniques of effective written advocacy -- Professionalism in advocacy -- The ethical limits of argument.