Legal Writing in Plain English

Legal Writing in Plain English
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2013-08-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 022603139X

“This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems.” —Harvard Law Review Clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. “Those who are willing to approach the book systematically and to complete the exercises will see dramatic improvements in their writing.” —Law Library Journal

Just Writing

Just Writing
Author: Anne Enquist
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1543839487

Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer, Sixth Edition

Plain Language Legal Writing

Plain Language Legal Writing
Author: Cheryl Stephens
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0557014506

A complete guide to clean, precise and understandable legal writing So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd expect!) and how to best meet their needs. Plain Language Legal Writing will help you produce documents that people are willing to read and able to understand. More: PlainLanguageLegalWriting.comOther versions: e-book

The Language of the Law

The Language of the Law
Author: David Mellinkoff
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2004-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1592446906

This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, more practical than pedantic.