Designed to prepare you for a career as a paralegal, the third edition of LEGAL RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND WRITING teaches you the fundamentals in a hands-on, step-by-step format that is comprehensive yet easy to understand. With coverage of key topics such as research analytical principles, legal research, legal analysis, and legal writing, this popular text covers the information you need to know in order to find, access, apply, and analyze legal materials on the job. Numerous hypotheticals, examples, and exercises clarify material and give you additional opportunities for practice. In addition, the third edition includes the most up-to-date information in the field, with special attention given to electronic research programs such as WestlawNext, LexisNexis interface, Shepard's online, and Westlaw's KeyCite.