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Wayne Schiess on making legal writing clear, correct, and direct.
 
My choices for the best legal-writing sources:

Writing for the Legal Audience by Schiess
  • "It is easy to read, easy to use, and—especially considering the type of book it is—surprisingly enjoyable."
Lifting the Fog of Legalese by Kimble
  • Let Prof. Kimble, the drafting consultant on the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, indoctrinate you into the plain-English movement.
The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style by Garner
  • The best legal-writing style guide available. The source.
The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well by Goldstein & Lieberman
  • The book that convinced me lawyers are professional writers and should act like it.
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage by Garner
  • 1000 pages of excellent writing advice. If you are serious about legal writing, you need this book.
The Modern Rules of Style by Marx
  • Short, clear, and powerful. I call it advanced sentence-writing for lawyers.
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting by Adams
  • Contract-drafting advice from one who is a legal-language expert and an experienced transactional lawyer.

    • Better Legal Writing by Schiess

    • The text I use in my course, Advanced Legal Writing.

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What I believe:


I believe in the serial comma. 

 


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