The Lawyers Editing Manual

Author : Joan Ames Magat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594605383
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lawyer's Editing Manual written by Joan Ames Magat and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While other manuals cover citation conventions, The Lawyer's Editing Manual covers all the rest that the legal writer -- and the editor -- ought to know: conventions that underlie effective formal prose, including grammar and punctuation, the effective use of quotations, and usage and style. "Rules" -- meaning conventions most universally accepted -- are stated, but so are their exceptions and, when possible, the logic for each. The legal writer's ability to communicate to the reader directly and clearly is guided not just by "correct" prose, but by stylistic conventions that further its effectiveness. The Lawyer's Editing Manual thus includes advice on unambiguous word choice and modifier placement, conciseness, sentence and paragraph structure, and effective transitions. The manual ends with conventions inspired less by consensus than by the reader's reliance on consistency, such as whether and what to capitalize or how to treat abbreviations, symbols, and lists. For these, it matters less what the writer or editor chooses to do than that the choice be consistently applied: such details should never distract from the sense of what is being written. In short, The Lawyer's Editing Manual will help legal writers craft or edit clear, concise, connected prose. It is an invaluable tool to ensure that the writer's message reaches the reader's understanding enhanced, not impeded, by the form of its communication.

Author : Tom Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520929071
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well written by Tom Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-01-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eminently practical volume demystifies legal writing, outlines the causes and consequences of bad writing, and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Complete with usage notes that address lawyers' most common errors, this well-organized book is both an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and a sensible grounding for law students. This much-revised second edition contains a set of editing exercises (and a suggested revision key with explanations) to test your skill. This book is a definitive guide to becoming a better writer—and a better lawyer.

Author : Stephen V. Armstrong
Publisher : Practising Law Inst
ISBN 13 : 9781402403187
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking Like a Writer written by Stephen V. Armstrong and published by Practising Law Inst. This book was released on 2003 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a different kind of book about legal writing. It assumes its readers are good writers who have already absorbed most of the usual advice about legal writing. But they may lack the intellectual framework for 'thinking like a writer' with the same incisiveness with which they think like a lawyer. This book provides that framework. It focuses on the underlying principles for communicating complicated information clearly and for establishing your credibility with demanding audiences. As a result, it helps to transform good writers into first-rate ones, and to make them far more efficient and powerful editors of their own writing and of others' drafts. Its unique approach will benefit supervising lawyers who do more editing than writing, as well as lawyers who do their own drafting.

Author : Ian Gallacher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Form and Style Manual for Lawyers written by Ian Gallacher and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All lawyers write, and the documents they write must be clear, technically perfect, and effective. This concise manual guides lawyers, law students, and paralegals through all phases of the writing process, from preparing to write to polishing a finished draft. Written in accessible, easy-to-understand language, it offers practical suggestions on outlining and establishing deadlines as well as comprehensive, jargon-free advice on grammar, punctuation, usage, document formatting, editing and proofreading. The manual is written by an experienced teacher and practitioner and is intended as a reference for lawyers at all levels of experience who know what they want to write but who might have forgotten the details of the more mechanical aspects of writing. Uncluttered by lengthy examples or exercises, this short reference work provides brief illustrations to clarify the text and focuses on helping writers produce legal documents of all types that are easily read, technically accurate, and effective.

Author : Christine Nero Coughlin
Publisher : Carolina Academic Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781531008765
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lawyer Writes written by Christine Nero Coughlin and published by Carolina Academic Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen V. Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking Like a Writer written by Stephen V. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing gives you the specialized knowledge and techniques to draft clear and compelling legal documents, no matter how complicated the issues involved.

Author : Kenneth A. Adams
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590313800
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting written by Kenneth A. Adams and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this manual is not what provisions to include in a given contract, but instead how to express those provisions in prose that is free ofthe problems that often afflict contracts.

Author : Guillermo C. Jimenez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1609018613
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion Law written by Guillermo C. Jimenez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's highly competitive global market, fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and executives need state, federal, and international laws to protect their intellectual property-their brands and the products by which their customers recognize them. Fashion Law provides a concise and practical guide to the full range of legal issues faced by a fashion company as it grows from infancy to international stature. Updated to reflect recent legal decisions and regulatory developments, this revised edition covers such vital issues as intellectual property protection and litigation, licensing, anti-counterfeiting, start-ups and finance, commercial transactions, retail property leasing, employment regulations, advertising and marketing, celebrity endorsements, and international trade. Features of the text help to make legal concepts accessible to the lay reader. More than 25 leading attorneys practicing in the emerging legal specialty of fashion law contributed the chapters for this authoritative text, and their expertise provides a foundation for fashion professionals and their legal advisors to work together effectively. New to this Edition -Expanded section on Intellectual Property protection, including an all new Chapter 6 on Litigation -All new Chapter 10 on Fashion Finance Features Features -Box Features provide real-life examples that demonstrate the role that law plays in the fashion business, including landmark court cases and current events -Practice Tips discuss legal issues that should be considered as fashion designers and executives establish procedures for conducting their business -Sample Clauses familiarize readers with the legal language that covers the rights and responsibilities of the parties to agreements -Instructor's Guide and PowerPoint® presentations available.

Author : Thane Josef Messinger
Publisher : Fine Print Press, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781888960198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book written by Thane Josef Messinger and published by Fine Print Press, Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can forget the terror of a new job? Entering an unfamiliar world, with unknown expectations, is a nerve-wracking experience. In law, the new attorney is tackling not only a new job but also a very new, very different, and exceptionally stress-filled professional life...and mountains of student debt. Each year, tens of thousands of new law graduates enter an already saturated job market...yet many are ill-prepared for survival in an ever more unforgiving, fast-paced profession. As law students, you're offered a wide array of guidebooks to succeed in law school, to excel in law exams, and to pass the bar exam. Upon entering the real world of law, however, you're are pushed back into a dark, dangerous jungle. The Young Lawyer's Jungle Book will be your guide to help you find your way to safety and career success.

Author : Stephen V. Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402437724
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking Like a Writer written by Stephen V. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: