Publisher's Synopsis
This unusually concise paperback features:
- A concentration specifically on style so that legal writers can focus on specific aspects of style to make their end product more precise, readable, and elegant.
- Crisp, pointed advice in a personal and humorous style.
- Clear organization that helps students find the information they need most. Chapters cover sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, organization, and formatting.
- Helpful examples of both good and bad writing that show students how to put the advice into practice.
- Many examples that deal with ethical issues.
- An instructive comparison of undergraduate organizational terms and goals to those of a legal audience.
- Short, end-of-chapter exercises that strengthen skills and provide opportunities for classroom or self-testing. Answers to the questions are included at the back of the book.
- Checklists that key into essential aspects of each chapter.
New to the Fifth Edition:
- Exercises in the book include open-ended exercises as well as self-graded exercises in the text.
- The well received chart comparing the college essay and the legal has been expanded.
- A new section added to Chapter 4, Choosing Words with Style, that introduces the basics of email communication. The chapter includes advice on sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, formatting, and professional tone.
- Special advice relating to each chapter now addresses international students.
- The Companion Web site will include includes self-graded, separate exercises that allow students to practice identified or suspected weak areas
