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: the (new) legal writerWrite like a human being
The January 2009 issue of the ABA Journal includes a column by Jim McElhaney on direct examination. The column includes this tidbit for legal writers:
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Here?s the secret for both effective writing and effective speaking:
Learn to talk like a regular person wherever you are. In the office or at home. In court or out. And write like a regular person for both personal and professional matters unless you have a very good reason for using a precise ligal term of art?which is very seldom.
Full post as published by the (new) legal writer on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).
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