Raleigh Of Counsel Katie Rose Guest Pryal co–authored “The Complete Pre-Law Writer” published by Carolina Academic Press and available in the spring of 2022.
The Complete Pre- Law Writer teaches pre-law students, paralegals, and students preparing to attend law school the skills necessary to succeed in law school or in support positions in law firms. Covering the foundations of the U.S. legal system, how to read judicial opinions, how to write case briefs, office memos, law firm blog posts, and more, the book serves as both a textbook and a reference for those stepping into the legal profession.
The Complete Pre-Law Writer is the third book in The Complete Series for Legal Writers, edited by Pryal and Professor Alexa Z. Chew of the University of North Carolina School of Law. The first two titles are The Complete Legal Writer (2016) released in its second edition in 2020, and The Complete Bar Writer (2020). Both are authored by Chew and Pryal. More titles in the series are forthcoming.
Pryal is of counsel in the Raleigh office of Gordon & Rees and practices employment law. She specializes in noncompete agreements, workers’ compensation law, and more.
She attended law school at the University of North Carolina School of Law and clerked for the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Dr. Pryal practiced worker’s compensation law while earning her doctorate in rhetoric at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Until 2014, she was a full-time law professor at UNC Chapel Hill.
Now she teaches law as an adjunct while working as a lawyer, legal consultant, and keynote speaker on topics ranging from legal writing to mental health in the legal profession.
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