Legal Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition |
Lawyers like to think they are good writers. Their non-lawyer readers are more likely to describe their writing as turgid, pedantic, Latin-filled, jargon-ridden, misspelt, ungrammatical, and … | Neil Guthrie | 299 | 2021 | View |
 Legal Research and Writing, 4/e |
This book seeks to explain the practical skills needed for print and online legal research and writing. It provides a current and comprehensive look at the topic, consolidating information on … | Ted Tjaden | 513 | 2016 | View |
 Get Writing! |
This chapter offers writing tips for legal practitioners, students, and bloggers. It offers tips on writing catchy headlines and openers, as well as guidance on avoiding euphemisms and banishing … | Neil Guthrie | 49 | 2017 | $4.90 Add |
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From NEW! Get Writing!Introduction, So What Should I Write About, Get to the Point, Word Choice, Email and Other Correspondence, What Should it Look Like, Navigating Social Media, And Finally, The Importance of Editing and Proofreading |
Advice for Associate and Students, Some Guidance for the Reluctant Legal Blogger, Think of Your Reader, Keep Your Cultural References Current and Universal, Plagiarism, Catchy Headlines and … | Neil Guthrie | 73 | 2021 | $7.30 Add |
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From Preface to the Fourth Edition |
New content addresses changes within the legal research and legal publishing community. | Ted Tjaden | 2 | 2016 | $0.20 Add |
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From Introduction to Legal Research and Writing |
Review of basic principles and techniques of legal research and writing, recovery of research costs, legal citations, copyright issues, and a list of research guides. | Ted Tjaden | 46 | 2016 | $4.60 Add |
Words Used and Abused |
This chapter examines words that are often misused in legal writing. | Neil Guthrie | 53 | 2017 | $5.30 Add |
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From NEW! Words Used and AbusedIntroduction, Misuse, Words that Don't (or May Not) Mean What Your Think They Do, MIscellaneous Things That Annoy Me, Terms for Lawyers, French |
Gruesome Twosomes, That and Which, Waffle, Awful Lawerisms aka Legalese, However, Said Same Such, Shall Will Should Would May Might Must, And/Or, And, Or, Only, the Lonely, Who and Whom, All Well … | Neil Guthrie | 93 | 2021 | $9.30 Add |
Grammar and Punctuation |
This chapter explains common grammar and punctuation issues in legal writing. | Neil Guthrie | 48 | 2017 | $4.80 Add |
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From NEW! Grammar and PunctuationCommon Grammar Issues, This That or the Other Thing? |
Avoid the Adverb, Apostrophe Catastrophes, Take a Pass on the Passive, Get Your Pronouns Right, Split Infinitives: or, Star Trek, You Have a Lot to Answer For, Comma Conundrums, Comma Problems, … | Neil Guthrie | 69 | 2021 | $6.90 Add |
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From Secondary Legal Resources |
Review of secondary legal resources including textbooks, journals, seminar papers, encyclopedias, and case digests. | Ted Tjaden | 36 | 2016 | $3.60 Add |
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From Researching Legislation |
Exposition of the process of researching legislation, including accessing statutes, checking bills for amendments, understanding and researching regulations, statutory interpretation, and using … | Ted Tjaden | 30 | 2016 | $3.00 Add |
Your Queries Answered |
This chapter answers frequently asked questions that lawyers and law students may have about communication, usage, and grammar rules. | Neil Guthrie | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Your Queries Answered |
What’s with "Esquire"?, Begin a sentence with "And" or "But"?, How many spaces after the period at the end of a sentence?, Farther/Further and Less/Fewer?, Use … | Neil Guthrie | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
Conclusion |
This chapter provides short closing remarks about the book. | Neil Guthrie | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
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From Researching Case Law |
Exposition of the process of finding and noting up published and unpublished case law. | Ted Tjaden | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
