Chock-full of exercises, examples, and writing do's and don'ts, Thinking Like a Writer gives you step-by-step instruction on the specialized techniques you need to draft clear and persuasive legal documents. Learn how to organize material logically, grab a reader's attention, and keep it with clear, crisp content-packed sentences.
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"Armstrong and Terrell-s lawyer-s guide to effective writing and editing is simply the best book ever written on legal writing. I would advise lawyers, judges, and paralegals to buy it, read it, and use it." Theodore Hess, practicing attorney and former Marine Corps Staff Judge Advocate
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.About the Author
Stephen V. Armstrong. For the past fifteen years, Steve Armstrong has taught writing programs for judges and lawyers in the United States and Canada under the sponsorship of such groups as the Federal Judicial Center, the Practising Law Institute, ALI-ABA, and the American Bar Association. He has also taught writing in law firms and worked extensively with the writing of practicing lawyers, and has published widely on the topic of continuing professional development for lawyers. Timothy P. Terrell. Professor Terrell has been a member of the faculty of Emory University School of Law since 1976 and has been a visiting professor at the law schools at the University of Iowa, the University of San Diego, and the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in England. He has taught a wide range of courses but now focuses on legal theory, legal ethics, and property law. He has published extensively in all these areas.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I use it as a reference all the time.,
By Nik E. (Miami) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinking Like A Writer: A Lawyer's Guide To Effective Writing And Editing (Paperback)
This book gives great advice on how to make your legal writing more effective. The key point to understand with legal writing is that it's supposed to be a tool to help the reader either make a decision or understand the effects of certain actions. The reader is supposed to get smarter after every sentence and by the end of it he knows what he's supposed to do or what is going to happen. This book does a great job of teaching you how to write so that this happens for the reader.
A lot of times when us lawyers write we have all this information in our heads from all this research, so we do this information dump onto the page because we are exhausted or plain sick of it and want to get it over with. There are two problems with this. Many lawyers don't organize the information and/or they leave out information. This makes reading opinions and arguments confusing and frustrating for the reader which is the complete opposite of what legal writing is supposed to be about. This book shows you what to do so that this doesn't happen. I like it because every piece of advice is principled. Actually, most of it is stuff you feel like you should already know, but somehow it didn't cross your mind. That's why I loved it. I wasn't afraid to put the advice into action because it all made sense to me. All in all, a great book. Surprised it doesn't have more reviews from law students. CON: The examples/before and afters are WAY TOO LONG. I did't even read most of them because I don't care to read a 15 page opinion and then read a better version of it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Highly Recommended,
By Sierrajadeus "Sierra" (Colorado Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinking Like A Writer: A Lawyer's Guide To Effective Writing And Editing (Paperback)
My Professor, who is an attorney, at my college recommended this book. It is a very good book. Can refer back to it constantly. Couldn't live without the book concerning legal writing.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Wondeful book for legal writing,
By catmom "catmom" (San Bernardino, ca) - See all my reviews
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the authors. This edition is expanded from the original. It's no 'quick fix' but if you apply their principles, the effectiveness and impact of your legal/professional writing will vastly improve
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