The Lawyer's Guide to Writing WellUniversity of California Press, 2003 M01 13 - 287 páginas 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. |
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... School of Journalism Columbia University Jethro K. Lieberman Associate Dean for Academic Affairs , Professor of Law , and Director , The Writing Program New York Law School SECOND EDITION University of California Press Berkeley Los ...
... School of Journalism Columbia University Jethro K. Lieberman Associate Dean for Academic Affairs , Professor of Law , and Director , The Writing Program New York Law School SECOND EDITION University of California Press Berkeley Los ...
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... Law offices around the country, busier than ever, have largely defaulted in ... school classroom instruction remains oral, and full-time pro- fessors devote ... law schools in which they work. The consequence is that the law schools ...
... Law offices around the country, busier than ever, have largely defaulted in ... school classroom instruction remains oral, and full-time pro- fessors devote ... law schools in which they work. The consequence is that the law schools ...
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... law school news- paper in 2001 about a well - meaning but flawed effort to educate Co- lumbia law students about writing . Professor H. Richard Uviller , a pub- lished author of nonfiction intended for a broad audience , did what no ...
... law school news- paper in 2001 about a well - meaning but flawed effort to educate Co- lumbia law students about writing . Professor H. Richard Uviller , a pub- lished author of nonfiction intended for a broad audience , did what no ...
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... law school, where students learn the substance of law. But the schools largely neglect the skills of practice. Although most law schools offer “clinical” courses, showing how to build a client's case and how to guard against an ...
... law school, where students learn the substance of law. But the schools largely neglect the skills of practice. Although most law schools offer “clinical” courses, showing how to build a client's case and how to guard against an ...
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... Law School, chided: “Only that the 'sharing of thoughts' should be left to the headmasters of progressive secondary schools.” We hasten to acknowledge that mistakes are sometimes just mistakes and that not every wooden phrase or fuzzy ...
... Law School, chided: “Only that the 'sharing of thoughts' should be left to the headmasters of progressive secondary schools.” We hasten to acknowledge that mistakes are sometimes just mistakes and that not every wooden phrase or fuzzy ...
Contenido
THE PROCESS OF WRITING | 35 |
MANAGING YOUR PROSE | 77 |
NOTES | 199 |
USAGE NOTES | 209 |
AN EDITING CHECKLIST | 229 |
EDITING EXERCISES | 237 |
SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES | 241 |
REFERENCE WORKS | 249 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 257 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 267 |
INDEX | 269 |
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