Preparing plain legal documents for nonlawyers
By: Wayne Schiess
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781627228688; 9781627728688
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Legal composition
Description: How to write for a nonlegal audience. Also provides examples of poor legal writing and typical mistakes, as well as why and how to fix errors. Not only does this provide specifics on sentence structure, but it also offers assistance on format, organization, tone, and document design...--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A plain-English drafting process; title: Designing plain legal documents; title: Drafting conventions and plain English; title: Organization and signposts; title: Plain letters and e-mail messages; title: Advice for plain court documents; title: Testing your plain-English drafts; title: Plain-English words; title: Plain-English sentences; title: Using readability tests.