Add to ORKGA colleague, who has devoted most of his career to legal writing, has developed an excellent solution. In a recent talk at the University of Denver College of Law, C. Edward Good, author and writer in residence at a law firm, delivered a one-hour talk teaching our students that the most efficient way to improve writing is by developing verb-based style
The attached article responds to a 2011 article by John Lynch, published in the Journal of Legal Edu...
Coming from a lifetime of more passive learning, where tests demanded mere recall of specific facts,...
However, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of cr...
To make your writing more vivid and efficient, focus attention on your verbs. For those who were not...
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is wordy, unc...
There is a problem of bad legal writing – one that is far more serious than we recognize or are will...
Another member of The Advocate Editorial Board recently sent me a trial court’s order directing the ...
This article shows why lawyers must improve their writing skills beyond law school, throughout their...
Despite some imperfections across disciplines, advice from well-known fiction and non-fiction writer...
As writing teachers, we frequently witness the mystery of how writing and re-writing clarifies think...
In an effort to provide investors with full and fair disclosures in language they can understand, th...
Virtually all legal writing is atrocious! This is true about (a) statutes and administrative regulat...
Legal writing instruction in American law schools has come a long way. Although scattered experienti...
Fortunately, some universals about legal audiences help make the task of defining good legal writing...
The SEC has set out six dear writing techniques to require that disclosures be written in Plain En...
The attached article responds to a 2011 article by John Lynch, published in the Journal of Legal Edu...
Coming from a lifetime of more passive learning, where tests demanded mere recall of specific facts,...
However, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of cr...
To make your writing more vivid and efficient, focus attention on your verbs. For those who were not...
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is wordy, unc...
There is a problem of bad legal writing – one that is far more serious than we recognize or are will...
Another member of The Advocate Editorial Board recently sent me a trial court’s order directing the ...
This article shows why lawyers must improve their writing skills beyond law school, throughout their...
Despite some imperfections across disciplines, advice from well-known fiction and non-fiction writer...
As writing teachers, we frequently witness the mystery of how writing and re-writing clarifies think...
In an effort to provide investors with full and fair disclosures in language they can understand, th...
Virtually all legal writing is atrocious! This is true about (a) statutes and administrative regulat...
Legal writing instruction in American law schools has come a long way. Although scattered experienti...
Fortunately, some universals about legal audiences help make the task of defining good legal writing...
The SEC has set out six dear writing techniques to require that disclosures be written in Plain En...
The attached article responds to a 2011 article by John Lynch, published in the Journal of Legal Edu...
Coming from a lifetime of more passive learning, where tests demanded mere recall of specific facts,...
However, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of cr...