Plain English for lawyers / Richard C. Wydick, Amy E. Sloan.
2024
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Plain English for lawyers / Richard C. Wydick, Amy E. Sloan.
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Edition
Seventh edition.
Imprint
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2024]
Copyright
©2024
Description
1 online resource
Series
LexisNexis digital library.
Formatted Contents Note
Why plain English?
Omit surplus words
Use verbs to express action
Prefer the active voice
Use short sentences
Arrange your words carefully
Choose your words carefully
Use commas carefully
Use other punctuation marks carefully
Use artificial intelligence tools wisely
Use easy-to-read design techniques
Appendix. Reader's exercise key.
Omit surplus words
Use verbs to express action
Prefer the active voice
Use short sentences
Arrange your words carefully
Choose your words carefully
Use commas carefully
Use other punctuation marks carefully
Use artificial intelligence tools wisely
Use easy-to-read design techniques
Appendix. Reader's exercise key.
Summary
"Plain English for Lawyers has been a favorite of law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for almost 40 years. The seventh edition, co-authored by Amy Sloan, updates this classic text while preserving all the approaches that make it such a standard in the field. In addition to guiding students through techniques for producing clear writing, this edition includes new exercises, a discussion of the principles of document design, a chapter on the appropriate uses of generative AI for writing, and detailed coverage of best practices for correct pronoun usage and avoiding gendered language. Plain English for Lawyers remains (in size only!) a little book, small enough and palatable enough not to intimidate overloaded law students." -- Publisher
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
ISBN
9781531023492 (electronic bk.)
1531023495 (electronic bk.)
9781531023508 (electronic bk.)
1531023509 (electronic bk.)
1531023495 (electronic bk.)
9781531023508 (electronic bk.)
1531023509 (electronic bk.)
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