This book teaches lawyers how to adjust their writing to accommodate twelve different legal audiences. Each chapter addresses a different audience for legal writing, including consumers, supervisors, and trial judges. First, each chapter defines the needs of a specific audience. Next, the chapter offers tips designed to improve legal writing for that audience. Finally, Schiess cites examples of poor legal writing and includes explanations of why the poor examples should be fixed and how to do it. Readers will find sentence ...
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This book teaches lawyers how to adjust their writing to accommodate twelve different legal audiences. Each chapter addresses a different audience for legal writing, including consumers, supervisors, and trial judges. First, each chapter defines the needs of a specific audience. Next, the chapter offers tips designed to improve legal writing for that audience. Finally, Schiess cites examples of poor legal writing and includes explanations of why the poor examples should be fixed and how to do it. Readers will find sentence structure advice, as well as advice on organization, tone, format, and document design. Using a short, clear, and easy-to-read format, this book is ideal for practicing lawyers or law students who want to improve their writing. "Wayne Schiess knows his stuff, and it shows in this superb book. Any lawyer or paralegal who wants to write better - and therefore succeed more of the time - should keep this book close at hand." -- Bryan A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc. "A fine book filled with sound, progressive advice about writing for many different legal audiences. Schiess is squarely on the side of plain English--bless him. He will show you the way to better legal writing." -- Joe Kimble, Thomas Cooley Law School "Wayne Schiess makes many superb suggestions for improving your writing by considering your audience's needs and sensibilities." -- Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Hofstra Law School "The writing tips in this book work... It is easy to read, easy to use, and -- especially considering the type of book it is -- surprisingly enjoyable." -- TRIAL, January 2004
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