Writing for the Legal Audience

This text teaches lawyers how to adjust their writing to accommodate twelve different legal audiences. In each chapter, a different audience - including consumers, supervisors, and trial judges - and its needs are defined. Tips designed to improve legal writing for each specific audience are then offered. Writing for the Legal Audience also cites examples of poor legal writing, explaining common errors, why they should be fixed, and how to fix them. Readers will find sentence structure advice as well as guidance on organization, tone, format, and document design. Using a short, clear, and easy-to-read format, this book is ideal for practicing lawyers or law students who desire quick hints on improving their writing.