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Monday, October 31, 2005

I recommend The Redbook

The best style manual on legal writing:

Click here to get The Redbook.

It's comprehensive, consistent, and correct. Every lawyer should have access to this book. Every lawyer who is committed to professional-level legal writing should own it.

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[Plain language] has a bad name among some lawyers. This is usually because they don't understand enough about it to judge it properly. --Michele M. Asprey, Plain Language for Lawyers 11 (2d ed., Federation Press 1996).

A related bonus of a plain language style is the potential for reducing mistakes. Traditional legal language tends to hide inconsistencies and ambiguities. Errors are harder to find in dense and convoluted prose. Removing legalese helps lay bare any oversights in the original. --Peter Butt & Richard Castle, Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language 89 (Cambridge U. Press 2001).

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