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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD,

BY

JUDGE

ALEX

KOZINSKI

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I.

FINDING

WHAT

TO

WRITE

ABOUT (THE CLAIM)

A. The Claim

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1. Your basic thesis

2. The descriptive and the pre-

scriptive parts of the thesis

B. Finding a Claim

1. Finding a problem

2. ... in cases you've read for class,

or in class discussions

3. ... in casebook questions

4. ... in issues left over or created

by recent Supreme Court cases

5. ... in your work as a research

assistant

6. ... by asking faculty members

7. ... by asking practicing lawyers

8. ... by checking Westlaw sum-

maries of important recent

cases

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9. ... by paying attention to inter-

esting newspaper articles

10. ... by reading legal blogs

11. ... by finding articles that aim

to

identify

unanswered

problems

12. ... by looking back at your ex-

perience as an extern or sum-

mer associate

13. ... by thinking back on your

pre-law-school experiences

14. ... by attending symposia or

panels

15. Looking for future claims when

you're in class

16. Checking with your law

school's faculty

17. Keeping an open mind

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18. Identifying a tentative solution

C. Novelty

1. Adding to the body of profes-

sional knowledge

2. Making novelty through nuance

D. Nonobviousness

E. Utility

1. Focus on issues left open

2. Apply your argument to other

jurisdictions

3. Incorporate prescriptive implic-

ations of your descriptive

findings

4. Consider making a more politic-

ally feasible proposal

5. Avoid unnecessarily alienating

your audience

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