Expert Legal Writing
For ten years, Terri LeClercq's "Legal Writing" column in the Texas Bar Journal has helped polish the prose of lawyers and law students, judges and clerks, paralegals, writing instructors, and legal secretaries. This book collects all the advice she has given in her columns into one authoritative guide for expert legal writing. LeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of...
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For ten years, Terri LeClercq's "Legal Writing" column in the Texas Bar Journal has helped polish the prose of lawyers and law students, judges and clerks, paralegals, writing instructors, and legal secretaries. This book collects all the advice she has given in her columns into one authoritative guide for expert legal writing. LeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of meaning. With her practical, readable, and often humorous advice, those who prepare legal documents can rid their prose of mind-numbing "legalese" and write with the clarity and precision that characterize the very best legal writing.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsPt. IIntroduction: Getting and Keeping a Competitive EdgePt. IIManipulating Legal Sentences: First AidPt. IIIManipulating Legal Organization: Structure Is MeaningPt. IVManipulating Words: Bigger Isn't BetterPt. VPunctuating for Clarity: The Poetry of PunctuationPt. VIAdvice and References: So Go Be an ExpertIndex
