Guide to Legal Writing Style 5th Edition

Name: Guide to Legal Writing Style 5th Edition
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ISBN: 9780735599987

ISBN-10: 073559998X

ISBN-13: 9780735599987

Edition: 5th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Terri LeClercq, Karin Mika

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With its precise focus on the nuances of legal writing style, this popular paperback text gives readers sensible advice on how to refine and enhance their writing. Guide to Legal Writing Style can be used effectively alongside any basic legal writing coursebook. The book delivers specific advice, targeted to the needs of the novice legal writer: Expands on basic skills of first-year courses by explaining how skills affect readers and offering additional techniques for improvement; Zeroes in on style issues that make the written document more readable and elegant; Provides crisp, pointed, how-to guidance, written in a personal and humorous style; Models clear organization by dividing advice…

Book details

List price: $100.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Publication date: 2/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Message to Students



Reviewing the Basics


Basic Review


Answers to Basic Review


Higher Competency Quiz



Creating Sentences with Style


Unraveling Tough Sentences; Creating and Connecting Sentences with Style



Unraveling Tough Sentences; Creating and Connecting Sentences with Style


Avoiding Sentence Errors



Avoiding Error


Incorporating Authority



Incorporating Authority


What to Remember


Advice to English as a Second Language Writers



Choosing Words with Style


Jargon and Terms of Art


Professional Tone


Strong Nouns and Verbs


Nominalizations


Wordiness


Treacherous/Misused Words


What to Remember


Advice to English as a Second Language Writers


Concluding Exercises



Punctuating with Style


General Punctuation Rules


Specific Legal Writing Rules


What to Remember


Advice to English as a Second Language Writers


Concluding Exercises



Organizing with Style


Undergraduate versus Law School Organization


How to Begin to Organize


Introductory Material


Other Components of Organizing with Style


Using Headings as Signposts


Using Topic Sentences and Transitions Effectively


Other Helpful Advice for Organizing with Style


What to Remember


Advice to English as a Second Language Writers


Concluding Exercises



Presenting Material with Style


Visual Presentation



Memorandum of Law (Segment)



Law Student Cover Letter


Proofreading and Other Nuances of Presentation


What to Remember


Appendix Answers to Exercises



Higher Competency Quiz



Creating Sentences with Style












Concluding Exercises



Concluding Exercises



Concluding Exercises


Index