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"Legal writing is a mess", says the author, and quotes from the leaders of the plain language for lawyers movement. From her "Funeral for Legalese" through her "Editing Checklist", Carol Ann Wilson convinces her readers that lawyers should rid their writing of legalese and that lawyers' assistants can help. "The LA who can draft pleadings is valuable to the lawyer and to the legal profession". And those pleadings should be "concise, powerful, and communicative".
Author : Bryan A. Garner Publisher : University of Chicago Press Page : 285 pages File Size : 55,5 Mb Release : 2013-08-26 Category : Law ISBN : 9780226031392
Legal Writing in Plain English by Bryan A. Garner Pdf
“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
Author : Peter M. Tiersma Publisher : University of Chicago Press Page : 330 pages File Size : 41,5 Mb Release : 1999 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 0226803031
This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.
Ontario Small Claims Court by Michael O'Dea Mungovan Pdf
"While there have been books dealing with the rules of Small Claims Court, there hasn't been a comprehensive handbook that teaches readers how to litigate a small claims case - from start to finish. Written by an experienced Toronto Small Claims Court judge and college legal educator, this "how to" book takes the mystery out of the Small Claims Court process. This much-needed guidebook teaches the reader about every major step that's followed in Small Claims Court, from bringing a claim, to defending a suit, to enforcing a judgment."--Pub. desc.
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.
Plain Language Legal Writing by Cheryl Stephens Pdf
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
Author : Peter M. Tiersma Publisher : University of Chicago Press Page : 340 pages File Size : 55,5 Mb Release : 1999-02 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines ISBN : 0226803023
This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage by Bryan A. Garner Pdf
A comprehensive guide to legal style and usage, with practical advice on how to write clear, jargon-free legal prose. Includes style tips as well as definitions.
Author : Prof. Dr. K. L. Bhatia Publisher : Universal Law Publishing Page : 560 pages File Size : 51,5 Mb Release : 2010 Category : Electronic ISBN : 8175348941
Civil Procedure in Focus by W. Jeremy Counseller,Eric Porterfield Pdf
The reader-friendly approach of this casebook provides a hands-on, experiential learning environment that can be essential to many students’ success. Simply knowing the facts of a benchmark case is not enough; knowing how to apply the doctrine from one case to a different set of facts enhances a student’s ability to succeed in and after law school. With the practice-based exercises in every chapter, students learn to apply legal principles and concepts to real-world scenarios. Key Features: • Case Previews and Post-Case Follow-Ups. To succeed, law students must know how to deconstruct and analyze cases. Case Previews highlight the legal concepts in a case before the student reads it. Post-Case Follow-Ups summarize the important points and ramifications but also goes one step further, noting the significance of a case to current law. • Real Life Applications. Every case in a chapter is followed by Real Life Applications, which present a scenario similar to the facts in the case followed by a series of related questions. Real Life Applications challenge students to apply what they have learned and help prepare them for real-world practice. Professors can use Real Life Applications to spark class discussions or use them as individual short-answer assignments. • Applying the Concepts and Civil Procedure in Practice. These end-of-chapter exercises encourage students to synthesize chapter material and apply relevant legal doctrine and code to real-world scenarios. Students can use these exercises for self-assessment, or the professor can use them to promote class interaction. New to the Third Edition: • Current issues regarding generative AI as it relates to Rule 11 and Discovery. • The COVID-19 Pandemic’s effects on litigation. • An explanation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest Personal Jurisdiction cases. • A discussion of Snap Removal. Professors and students will benefit from: • Explanatory text on the key concepts, allowing professors to spend more class time on application of the concepts rather than explanation of basic doctrine • Essay, short answer, and multiple-choice questions in every chapter, along with model answers in the teacher’s manual for each question. • Exhibits containing the relevant constitutional, statutory, or rule text. • Case Previews and Follow-ups that help to frame the key issues in the case and discussion of how the holdings have developed in subsequent cases
In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.
