Expert legal writing

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Expert legal writing / Terri LeClercq ; foreword by Thomas R. Phillips.

LeClercq, Terri, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

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.

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ISBN: 0292746873
ISBN: 9780292746879
ISBN: 0292746881
ISBN: 9780292746886
Physical Description: xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Getting and keeping a competitive edge -- Manipulating legal sentences : first aid -- Manipulating legal organization : structure is meaning -- Manipulating words : bigger isn't better -- Punctuating for clarity : the poetry of punctuation -- Advice and references : so go be an expert.

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