The lawyer's guide to writing well / Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Tom.

Contributor:

Lieberman, Jethro K. (Jethro Koller)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal composition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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 better lawyer.

Contents:

Does bad writing really matter?

Don't make it like it was

Ten steps to writing

Of dawdlers and scrawlers, pacers, and plungers : getting started and overcoming blocks

The mechanics of getting it down : from quill pens to computers

Lessons from a writing audit

Lawyers as publishers : words are their product

Writing the lead

Form, structure, and organization

Wrong words, long sentences, and other mister meaners

Revising your prose

Making your writing memorable.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.

ISBN:

9786612356919

9781282356917

1282356917

9780520929074

0520929071

9781597349420

1597349429

OCLC:

437144835