Designed to prepare students for a career in the paralegal field, the third edition of LEGAL RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND WRITING teaches 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 students 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 students 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.