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Full-Text Articles in Legal Writing and Research
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.
And Your Point Is? Write Directly, Robert S. Anderson
And Your Point Is? Write Directly, Robert S. Anderson
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
This article suggests two strategies for making your writing more direct: (1) make the reader a promise to be direct in the introduction of your piece; and (2) keep that promise by organizing the material to match the preview provided in your introduction and adopting a style that does not waste words.
E-Etiquette: Thoughtful E-Mail Correspondence, K.K. Duvivier
E-Etiquette: Thoughtful E-Mail Correspondence, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Dear Readers: This is an example of a traditional business letter. The salutation above is formal; it starts with "Dear" and ends with a colon. The body uses edited prose that follows standard capitalization and punctuation rules. A complimentary closing, "Sincerely," serves as the conclusion.
The House That Jack Built With Effective Transitions, K.K. Duvivier
The House That Jack Built With Effective Transitions, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Constructing a paragraph is somewhat like constructing a house. Our sentences are like the boards that form the frame of our ideas. However, those boards may end up looking more like a pile of lumber than an actual building if we do not connect them in a logical way.
Review Of Lifting The Fog Of Legalese, David I.C. Thomson
Review Of Lifting The Fog Of Legalese, David I.C. Thomson
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Lifting the Fog collects the best of Kimble's regular columns from the Michigan Bar Journal on the subject of how lawyers should simplify their drafting language and eliminate unnecessary and costly "legalese." Not only do Kimble's columns get to see the light of day again, but as a compilation, they make an even more powerfiul and compelling case in favor of more plain language in legal writing. I highly recommend Lifting the Fog to all attorneysespecially those who find themselves using words like "wherefore" and "hereunto" in their drafting. Kimble persuasively argues that this sort of obfuscation (and worse) just …