The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well

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By Jethro K. Lieberman and Tom Goldstein

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The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well by Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman offers a clear and practical approach to improving legal writing. This revised edition addresses modern challenges in legal communication, including digital correspondence and persuasive writing. It features helpful tools such as an editing checklist, exercises, and usage notes, making it an essential resource for enhancing clarity and effectiveness in legal documents.
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This guide is ideal for practising lawyers and law students seeking to sharpen their legal writing skills and communicate more effectively within the evolving landscape of legal practice.

Provides an editing checklist, editing exercises with a suggested revision key, usage notes that address common errors, and reference works to further aid your writing. This title is suitable for practicing lawyers and law students.

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In this critically acclaimed book, Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman demystify legal writing, outline the causes and consequences of poor writing, and prescribe easy-to-apply remedies to improve it. Reflecting changes in law practice over the past decade, this revised edition includes new sections around communicating digitally, getting to the point, and writing persuasively.

It also provides an editing checklist, editing exercises with a suggested revision key, usage notes that address common errors, and reference works to further aid your writing. This straightforward guide is an invaluable tool for practising lawyers and law students.

The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well is ideal for anyone looking to enhance their legal writing skills, offering practical advice and insights from experts in the field. Whether you're a seasoned attorney or a law student, this book has something to offer.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520288430

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 January 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 2 b-w illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 296

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Education & Reference Jethro K. Lieberman Non-Fiction Tom Goldstein

About the Author

Tom Goldstein is Professor of Journalism and Director of the Media Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Jethro K. Lieberman is Martin Professor of Law Emeritus at New York Law School, where he was the director of its writing program for nearly a quarter century. He is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including The Litigious Society.