The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well : Second Edition.

By:

Goldstein, Tom

Contributor(s):

Lieberman, Jethro K

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520929074
0520929071

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well : Second Edition.DDC classification:

808.066 808.06634 808/.06634

LOC classification:

KF250 .G65 2002eb

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Contents:

PREFACE; PART I: WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY; PART II: THE PROCESS OF WRITING; PART III: MANAGING YOUR PROSE; NOTES; USAGE NOTES; AN EDITING CHECKLIST; EDITING EXERCISES; SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES; REFERENCE WORKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX.

Summary: This eminently practical volume demystifies legal writing, outlines the causes and consequences of bad writing, and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Complete with usage notes that address lawyers' most common errors, this well-organized book is both an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and a sensible grounding for law students. This much-revised second edition contains a set of editing exercises (and a suggested revision key with explanations) to test your skill. This book is a definitive guide to becoming a better writer--and a bette.

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This eminently practical volume demystifies legal writing, outlines the causes and consequences of bad writing, and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Complete with usage notes that address lawyers' most common errors, this well-organized book is both an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and a sensible grounding for law students. This much-revised second edition contains a set of editing exercises (and a suggested revision key with explanations) to test your skill. This book is a definitive guide to becoming a better writer--and a bette.

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