Plain English for Lawyers

Plain English for Lawyers has been a favorite of law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for almost 40 years. The sixth edition, now co-authored by Amy Sloan, updates this classic text, including new chapter exercises, while preserving all the approaches that make it such a standard in the field. It remains (in size only!) a little book, small enough and palatable enough not to intimidate over-loaded law students. In January 2005, the Legal Writing Institute gave Wydick its Golden Pen Award for having written Plain English for Lawyers. The Legal Writing Institute is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis, and research. The Institute has over 1,300 members representing all of the ABA-accredited law schools in the United States. Its membership also includes law teachers from other nations, English teachers, and practicing lawyers. The LWI award states: Plain English for Lawyers ... has become a classic. Perhaps no single work has done more to improve the writing of lawyers and law students and to promote the modern trend toward a clear, plain style of legal writing.

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• Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook: A Guide for Students and Practitioners (Legal Citation), Third Edition
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: With Selected Statutes and Other Materials, 2019 (Supplements)
• Philosophical Papers (Clarendon Paperbacks)
• Civil Procedure [Connected Casebook] (Aspen Casebook)
• Writing and Analysis in the Law (Coursebook)
• Criminal Law and Its Processes: Cases and Materials [Connected Casebook] (Aspen Casebook) (Aspen Casebooks)
• Examples & Explanations: The Law of Torts
• A Lawyer Writes: A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis
• ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Aspen Coursebook Series)