Add to ORKGHowever, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of critics and skeptics, whether they are partners, opposing counsel or judges. They have neither the time nor patience to try to decipher a writer\u27s conclusion
A colleague, who has devoted most of his career to legal writing, has developed an excellent solutio...
Criticism of legal writing has come with increasing frequency and stridency in recent years from law...
This article proposes two controversial assertions about the writing of many lawyers and judges toda...
However, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of cr...
Applying the perspective of the reader to the craft of writing, Legal Writing for Legal Readers teac...
Fortunately, some universals about legal audiences help make the task of defining good legal writing...
This Article collects 11 observations about legal writing that I have shared with law students since...
Despite some imperfections across disciplines, advice from well-known fiction and non-fiction writer...
This column is the second in a series analyzing feedback from readers about what they believe is goo...
The growing attention to the quality of legal prose is laudable. Yet more fundamental inquiry into l...
This is the final column in a series addressing reader expectations for objective legal writing. In ...
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is wordy, unc...
Over 25 years ago, in his foreword to the first volume of Legal Writing, Chris Rideout nailed it: le...
Over the summer, I had an opportunity to poll four Denver District Court judges about problems they ...
Writers need to write for their reader, not themselves. Writers should think of their reader when dr...
A colleague, who has devoted most of his career to legal writing, has developed an excellent solutio...
Criticism of legal writing has come with increasing frequency and stridency in recent years from law...
This article proposes two controversial assertions about the writing of many lawyers and judges toda...
However, legal writing should start with a conclusion. The audience of a legal writer consists of cr...
Applying the perspective of the reader to the craft of writing, Legal Writing for Legal Readers teac...
Fortunately, some universals about legal audiences help make the task of defining good legal writing...
This Article collects 11 observations about legal writing that I have shared with law students since...
Despite some imperfections across disciplines, advice from well-known fiction and non-fiction writer...
This column is the second in a series analyzing feedback from readers about what they believe is goo...
The growing attention to the quality of legal prose is laudable. Yet more fundamental inquiry into l...
This is the final column in a series addressing reader expectations for objective legal writing. In ...
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is wordy, unc...
Over 25 years ago, in his foreword to the first volume of Legal Writing, Chris Rideout nailed it: le...
Over the summer, I had an opportunity to poll four Denver District Court judges about problems they ...
Writers need to write for their reader, not themselves. Writers should think of their reader when dr...
A colleague, who has devoted most of his career to legal writing, has developed an excellent solutio...
Criticism of legal writing has come with increasing frequency and stridency in recent years from law...
This article proposes two controversial assertions about the writing of many lawyers and judges toda...