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Expert Legal Writing


ISBN13: 9780292746886
ISBN: 0292746881
Published: August 1995
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Country of Publication: USA
Format: Paperback
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For ten years, Terri LeClercq's "Legal Writing" column in the Texas Bar Journal has helped polish the prose of lawyers and law students, judges and clerks, paralegals, writing instructors, and legal secretaries. This book collects all the advice she has given in her columns into one authoritative guide for expert legal writing. LeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of meaning. With her practical, readable, and often humorous advice, those who prepare legal documents can rid their prose of mind-numbing "legalese" and write with the clarity and precision that characterize the very best legal writing.

Subjects:
Drafting and Legal Writing, Legal Skills and Method
Contents:
Foreword by Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillip
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction: Getting and Keeping a Competitive Edge
Introduction
1. Writing like a Lawyer
2. Writing's a Touchy Subject
3. Focus on Density
4. Attorneys and Writer's Block
5. Min(d)ing the Field: Appellate Judges Speak Out
Part II. Manipulating Legal Sentences: First Aid
6. The Long Sentence
7. Left-Handed Sentences8. Marshmallow Constructions
9. Cases and Citations Within the Text
10. Coordination and Subordination: Defining Relationships
11. Examining Other Professional Prose
12. Emulating the Pro's Prose: Stylistic Consciousness
13. Deliberate Sentence Structure
14. Beware of Ambiguous Modifiers
Part III. Manipulating Legal Organization: Structure Is Meaning
15. Organization and the Deductive Thrust
16. Organizational Advice for Successful Drafting
17. Quick Tricks for Organization
Part IV. Manipulating Words: Bigger Isn't Better
18. Jargon: Manure, Margarine, and Moderation
19. Boilerplate: Empty Formalisms
20. Gender-Neutral Language
21. That's Not What I Meant
Part V. Punctuating for Clarity: The Poetry of Punctuation
22. Allowing Commas to Create Meaning
23. Sentence Punctuation Guide
24. "Quotation Marks?" She Queried--or, The Arbitrary Rules Surrounding Quotation Marks
25. That Sophisticated Semicolon
26. Compound Adjectives and Noun Strings
Part VI. Advice and References: So Go Be an Expert
27. Testing Your Basics
28. Grammar Rules Versus Suggestions
29. Advice to Partners About Advice
30. Reference Books for Legal Writers Index