Download or read book Preparing Legal Documents Nonlawyers Can Read and Understand written by Wayne Schiess and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text teaches lawyers how to adjust their writing to accommodate the nonlegal audience. Improve legal writing for the lay audience as well as find examples of poor legal writing, common errors, why they should be fixed, and how to fix them. This book is ideal for practicing lawyers or law students who want their material to be understood and not ignored.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Legal Writing in Plain English written by Bryan A. Garner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems.” —Harvard Law Review Clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. “Those who are willing to approach the book systematically and to complete the exercises will see dramatic improvements in their writing.” —Law Library Journal
Download or read book Legal Writing in Plain English Third Edition written by Bryan A. Garner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading guide to clear writing!--StartFragment --—and clear thinking!--StartFragment --—in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated. Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. Now the leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching experience. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. For this third edition, Garner has retained the structure of the previous versions, with updates and new material throughout. There are new sections on making your writing vivid and concrete and on using graphics to enhance your argument. The coverage and examples of key topics such as achieving parallelism, avoiding legalese, writing effective openers and summaries, and weaving quotations into your text have also been expanded. And the sample legal documents and exercises have been updated, while newly added checklists provide quick summaries of each section. Altogether, this new edition will be the most useful yet for legal professionals and students seeking to improve their prose.
Download or read book Handbook of Communication in the Legal Sphere written by Jacqueline Visconti and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores communication and its implications on interpretation, vagueness, multilingualism, and multiculturalism. It investigates cross-cultural perspectives with original methods, models, and arguments emphasizing national, EU, and international perspectives. Both traditional fields of investigations along with an emerging new field (Legal Visual Studies) are discussed. Communication addresses the necessity of an ongoing interaction between jurilinguists and legal professionals. This interaction requires persuasive, convincing, and acceptable reasons in justifying transparency, visual analyses, and dialogue with the relevant audience. The book is divided into five complementary sections: Professional Legal Communication; Legal Language in a Multilingual and Multicultural Context; Legal Communication in the Courtroom; Laws on Language and Language Rights; and Visualizing Legal Communication. The book shows the diversity in the understanding and practicing of legal communication and paves the way to an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural operation in our common understanding of legal communication. This book is suitable for advanced students in Linguistics and Law, and for academics and researchers working in the field of Language and Law and jurilinguists.
Download or read book Plain Language Legal Writing written by Cheryl Stephens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to clean, precise and understandable legal writing So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd expect!) and how to best meet their needs. Plain Language Legal Writing will help you produce documents that people are willing to read and able to understand. More: PlainLanguageLegalWriting.comOther versions: e-book
Download or read book Office Lease written by The Law Store and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this quick and simple guide, non-lawyers can create their own document with ease. Comes with court approved template, drafted and edited by licensed attorneys for use in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. Table of contents: Book cover Copyright Disclaimer Terms of use Instructions Legal Template Free Bonus Material Learn the difference between a contract and agreement. Not 1 in 1,000 people know this! Choose the wrong one, and you could wind-up with a costly lawsuit and face financial ruin. The MOST crucial element for avoiding expensive litigation and behind closed-door, high-fee consultations with your attorney. Precisely "when and how" you should write your own document (This may surprise you, but you should NEVER fill-in another legal document until you've read this first!) How to keep your document simple! Forget everything you've ever been told... this is the ONLY tip you'll ever need! How to know if your legal document is 100% legally binding and enforceable! Shockingly, most agreements never hold up in a court of law. But once you're armed with this crucial piece of information, you'll never have to worry about being "financially raped" by the legal system! Why and how to include the right usage of names and addresses in your document. (Get this one wrong and you can forget about ever winning your case in a court of law. Your legal document won't be worth the paper it's written on.) How to lawfully recover "employee training expenses" when he or she leaves your employ. How to sign a legal document so you cannot be held liable in a court of law. Key elements to look for in a contract before you sign it! (Don't ever sign another legal contract until you've got this down cold!) Why you should NEVER use a friend, family member or relative as an independent witness. How specific legal clauses can protect you when doing business in another state or province. Why using an "interpretation clause" is a powerfully-effective strategy to legally protect yourself. Discover what legal clauses lawyers intentionally leave out of contracts so that they can expect to litigate later. What makes one legal contract different (and, infinitely better) than other written contracts. How to use the guides alternative/optional attorney clauses for ironclad legal protection. Plus... many other legal tips and invaluable information. Scroll Up and Order Your Law Firm Template Today!
Download or read book Legal Drafting by Design written by Richard K. Neumann Jr. and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for upper-level survey legal drafting courses, this groundbreaking text explains drafting using a common vocabulary that applies to any legal document based on a fundamental rule structure, including statutes and other forms of public drafting as well as contracts and other forms of private drafting. This unified drafting approach gives students a common denominator approach to drafting all kinds of legal documents. In addition, students can use the techniques they’ve learned to deconstruct, interpret, and revise any kind of legal document composed of rules. This common-sense approach of teaching/learning a single vocabulary and set of skills to use in drafting any rules-based legal document is an innovative model for U.S. legal drafting courses, though it has been used in other countries for decades. Key Features: A unified approach that teaches students the general skills of drafting rules of law—duties, discretionary authority, and declarations, including their conditions in legal tests. Practice applying those skills to drafting a range of documents, including contracts, statutes, regulations, and other. Coverage of how courts interpret the rules and how to draft anticipating what the courts will do. An understanding of how law governs human behavior through the rules that students learn to draft. A wide range of classroom exercises on the detail of drafting. Additional drafting assignments, for use in and out of class, that help students learn how to use the rules and to accomplish clients’ goals.
Download or read book Personal Training written by The Law Store and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this law firm prepared legal template, non-lawyers can create their own documents with ease. Written and edited by experienced attorneys, it comes with complete and easy to use instructions, and is legally binding in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. Order your legal template today! Table of contents: Copyright Terms of use Disclaimer Instructions Legal Template Bonus Legal Material Learn the difference between a contract and agreement. Not 1 in 1,000 people know this! Choose the wrong one, and you could wind-up with a costly lawsuit and face financial ruin. The MOST crucial element for avoiding expensive litigation and behind closed-door, high-fee consultations with your attorney. Precisely "when and how" you should write your own document (This may surprise you, but you should NEVER fill-in another legal document until you've read this first!) How to keep your document simple! Forget everything you've ever been told... this is the ONLY tip you'll ever need! How to know if your legal document is 100% legally binding and enforceable! Shockingly, most agreements never hold up in a court of law. But once you're armed with this crucial piece of information, you'll never have to worry about being "financially raped" by the legal system! Why and how to include the right usage of names and addresses in your document. (Get this one wrong and you can forget about ever winning your case in a court of law. Your legal document won't be worth the paper it's written on.) How to lawfully recover "employee training expenses" when he or she leaves your employ. How to sign a legal document so you cannot be held liable in a court of law . Key elements to look for in a contract before you sign it! (Don't ever sign another legal contract until you've got this down cold!) Why you should NEVER use a friend, family member or relative as an independent witness. How specific legal clauses can protect you when doing business in another state or province. Why using an "interpretation clause" is a powerfully-effective strategy to legally protect yourself. Discover what legal clauses lawyers intentionally leave out of contracts so that they can expect to litigate later. What makes one legal contract different (and, infinitely better) than other written contracts. How to use the guides alternative/optional attorney clauses for ironclad legal protection. Plus... many other legal tips and invaluable information. Scroll Up and Order Your Law Firm Template Today!
Download or read book Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals written by Hope Viner Samborn and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals, Sixth Edition, teaches students the skills they need to effectively work with cases, legal authorities, documents, and professional correspondence. Samborn and Yelin guide students through the writing process, using the objective memo as a teaching tool. At every stage of a well-defined writing process, the authors provide lucid explanations, visual aids, and plenty of examples. With practice exercises throughout the book, students can develop the skills that will become indispensable to their careers as paralegals. New to the Sixth Edition: New and refreshed exercises Streamlined presentation, making the material even more accessible and teachable Updated website resources Revised and updated chapter on Case Briefing and Analysis Expanded coverage of email and e-memos Professors and students will benefit from: Thorough and readable coverage of case briefs, legal memoranda, correspondence, and persuasive writing A practical approach that emphasizes the role of the paralegal, and how different types of legal writing are used in practice Step-by-step instruction that guides students through every stage of the writing process, from pre-writing planning to drafting and revising An overview of the legal system that shows how different forms of legal writing are used in different contexts Synthesizing and presenting legal authorities How to use the IRAC method of legal analysis Examples, exhibits, writing tips, exercises, ethics alerts, practice pointers, and web resources Additional student resources in its appendices on citation rules and writing strategies
Download or read book Clear and Effective Legal Writing written by Veda Charrow and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its Fourth Edition, Clear and Effective Legal Writing continues to give students a classic introduction to legal analysis and legal writing. Concise and accessible, the text focuses on memo and brief writing while reinforcing key writing skills. This proven teaching tool provides the student with excellent examples and numerous skill-honing exercises. Offering comprehensive coverage from case synthesis and case briefing to preparing Supreme Court briefs, this text: starts with an overview of legal analysis, and then walks students through the writing process: understanding context, organizing effectively, writing clearly and effectively, and reviewing and editing describes differences between legal language and ordinary discourse, and the linguistic theory underlying the origins of legal language seamlessly combines legal reasoning with legal writing and helps the student understand the relationship between the two provides straightforward rules for writing effective legal documents, with scores of examples of the good, the bad, and the humorous includes numerous exercises throughout the book to help students reinforce their skills dissects and annotates actual trial court memoranda and Supreme Court briefs highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each example provides an insightful interview with the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States on what the Court expects to see in brief and the assistance that his office provides to all litigants appearing before the Court shows how to transform a memorandum into an advocacy document provides guidance for writing well in an appendix with overview of English sentence structure New to the Fourth Edition: updated examples throughout an updated legal process portion taking into account changes in law and updating examples a new set of Supreme Court briefs with annotations additional material addressing how the Internet is affecting court filings and formatting
Download or read book Negotiated Acquisitions of Companies Subsidiaries and Divisions written by Lou R. Kling and published by Law Journal Press. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This law book includes advice on corporate business structuring deals, negotiating agreements, identifying issues and solving the real problems that are likely to arise during the acquisition.
Download or read book Living Trust written by The Law Store and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this quick and simple guide, non-lawyers can create their own document with ease. Comes with court approved template, drafted and edited by licensed attorneys for use in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. Table of contents: Book cover Copyright Disclaimer Terms of use Instructions Legal Template Free Bonus Material Learn the difference between a contract and agreement. Not 1 in 1,000 people know this! Choose the wrong one, and you could wind-up with a costly lawsuit and face financial ruin. The MOST crucial element for avoiding expensive litigation and behind closed-door, high-fee consultations with your attorney. Precisely "when and how" you should write your own document (This may surprise you, but you should NEVER fill-in another legal document until you've read this first!) How to keep your document simple! Forget everything you've ever been told... this is the ONLY tip you'll ever need! How to know if your legal document is 100% legally binding and enforceable! Shockingly, most agreements never hold up in a court of law. But once you're armed with this crucial piece of information, you'll never have to worry about being "financially raped" by the legal system! Why and how to include the right usage of names and addresses in your document. (Get this one wrong and you can forget about ever winning your case in a court of law. Your legal document won't be worth the paper it's written on.) How to lawfully recover "employee training expenses" when he or she leaves your employ. How to sign a legal document so you cannot be held liable in a court of law. Key elements to look for in a contract before you sign it! (Don't ever sign another legal contract until you've got this down cold!) Why you should NEVER use a friend, family member or relative as an independent witness. How specific legal clauses can protect you when doing business in another state or province. Why using an "interpretation clause" is a powerfully-effective strategy to legally protect yourself. Discover what legal clauses lawyers intentionally leave out of contracts so that they can expect to litigate later. What makes one legal contract different (and, infinitely better) than other written contracts. How to use the guides alternative/optional attorney clauses for ironclad legal protection. Plus... many other legal tips and invaluable information. Scroll Up and Order Your Law Firm Template Today!
Download or read book Legal Literacy written by Archie Zariski and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument—in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research and writing skills. Examples of cases, statutes, and other legal materials support these concepts. While Legal Literacy is an introductory text, it also challenges students to consider critically the system they are studying. Touching on significant socio-legal issues such as access to justice, legal jargon, and plain language, Zariski critiques common legal traditions and practices, and analyzes what it means “to think like a lawyer.” As such, the text provides a sound basis for those who wish to pursue further studies in law or legal studies as well as those seeking a better understanding of how the legal field relates to the society that it serves.
Download or read book Affidavit General written by The Law Store and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this quick and simple guide, non-lawyers can create their own document with ease. Comes with a fill-in-the-blanks legal template, drafted and edited by licensed attorneys for use in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. Order your Affidavit General today!Free Bonus Material: - Learn the difference between a contract and agreement. Not 1 in 1,000 people know this! Choose the wrong one, and you could wind-up with a costly lawsuit and face financial ruin. - The MOST crucial element for avoiding expensive litigation and behind closed-door, high-fee consultations with your attorney. - Precisely "when and how" you should write your own document (This may surprise you, but you should NEVER fill-in another legal document until you've read this first!) - How to keep your document simple! Forget everything you've ever been told... this is the ONLY tip you'll ever need! - How to know if your legal document is 100% binding and enforceable! Shockingly, most agreements never hold up in a court of law. But once you're armed with this crucial piece of information, you'll never have to worry about being "financially raped" by the legal system! - Why and how to include the right usage of names and addresses in your document. (Get this one wrong and you can forget about ever winning your case in a court of law. Your legal document won't be worth the paper it's written on.) - How to lawfully recover "employee training expenses" when he or she leaves your employ. - How to sign a legal document so that you cannot be held liable in a court of law. - Key elements to look for in a legal contract before you sign it! (Don't ever sign another legal contract until you've got this down cold!) - Why you should NEVER use a friend, family member or relative as an independent witness. - How specific legal clauses can protect you when doing business in another state or province. - Why using an "interpretation clause" is a powerfully-effective strategy to legally protect yourself. - Discover what legal clauses lawyers intentionally leave out of contracts so that they can expect to litigate later. - What makes one legal contract different (and, infinitely better) than other written contracts. - How to use the guides alternative/optional attorney clauses for ironclad legal protection. - Plus... many other legal tips and invaluable information.Scroll up and order your law firm template today!
Download or read book The Legal Research and Writing written by Andrea B. Yelin and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With legal research and writing covered in one text, authors Yelin and Samborn have tailored their presentation to the specifics paralegals need to know. They effectively introduce paralegal students to the essential skills and strategies necessary to do legal research, analytical skills for understanding their research, and drafting skills for creating legal documents. Notable features: -- the book is written and designed to be particularly accessible to paralegal students -- pedagogically sound, each chapter of the book offers: -- chapter overviews -- detailed headings to make it easy to find information -- sample documents -- review questions -- the accompanying workbook offers many opportunities for students to practice their research and writing skills Special features of the Second Edition: -- a chapter on the Internet includes a discussion of legal research sources on-line -- coverage reflecting recent changes in the legal publishing world -- materials to help students better understand the research process -- the authors explicitly highlight the relationship between research and writing -- enhanced design offers greater accessibility -- there are chapters on research strategy, pre-writing issues, and process writing and revising
Download or read book Release Agreement written by The Law Store and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this fill-in-the-blanks legal template, non-lawyers can create their own document with ease. Prepared and edited by experienced attorneys, it comes with complete and easy to use instructions, and is legally binding in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. Order your legal template today! Table of contents: Book cover Copyright Disclaimer Terms of use Instructions Legal Template Free Bonus Material Learn the difference between a contract and agreement. Not 1 in 1,000 people know this! Choose the wrong one, and you could wind-up with a costly lawsuit and face financial ruin. The MOST crucial element for avoiding expensive litigation and behind closed-door, high-fee consultations with your attorney. Precisely "when and how" you should write your own document (This may surprise you, but you should NEVER fill-in another legal document until you've read this first!) How to keep your document simple! Forget everything you've ever been told... this is the ONLY tip you'll ever need! How to know if your legal document is 100% legally binding and enforceable! Shockingly, most agreements never hold up in a court of law. But once you're armed with this crucial piece of information, you'll never have to worry about being "financially raped" by the legal system! Why and how to include the right usage of names and addresses in your document. (Get this one wrong and you can forget about ever winning your case in a court of law. Your legal document won't be worth the paper it's written on.) How to lawfully recover "employee training expenses" when he or she leaves your employ. How to sign a legal document so you cannot be held liable in a court of law. Key elements to look for in a contract before you sign it! (Don't ever sign another legal contract until you've got this down cold!) Why you should NEVER use a friend, family member or relative as an independent witness. How specific legal clauses can protect you when doing business in another state or province. Why using an "interpretation clause" is a powerfully-effective strategy to legally protect yourself. Discover what legal clauses lawyers intentionally leave out of contracts so that they can expect to litigate later. What makes one legal contract different (and, infinitely better) than other written contracts. How to use the guides alternative/optional attorney clauses for ironclad legal protection. Plus... many other legal tips and invaluable information. Scroll Up and Order Your Law Firm Template Today!
