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Legal Writing Triage: Self-Edit To Solve The Most Common Style Problems, Robert S. Anderson
Legal Writing Triage: Self-Edit To Solve The Most Common Style Problems, Robert S. Anderson
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
This article addresses one of the most common style problems in legal writing: subject-verb issues that produce confusing or overlong sentences. It then prescribes a simple approach to curing the problem in quick, step-by-step fashion.
Plain English Part I: Secrets For The Sec, K.K. Duvivier
Plain English Part I: Secrets For The Sec, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is "wordy," "unclear," "pompous," and "dull." Furthermore, law books have been dubbed "the largest body of poorly written literature ever created by the human race." Although some lawyers intend to perpetuate this tradition, most have recognized the benefit of converting to "plain English."