Description
Product ID: | 9780292746886 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Expert Legal Writing |
Authors: | Author: Terri LeClercq |
Page Count: | 212 |
Subjects: | Writing and editing guides, Writing & editing guides, Legal skills and practice, Legal skills & practice |
Description: | LeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of meaning. For many years, Terri LeClercq''s "Legal Writing" column in the Texas Bar Journal helped polish the prose of lawyers and law students, judges and clerks, paralegals, writing instructors, and legal secretaries. This book collects all the advice she has given in her columns into one authoritative guide for expert legal writing. LeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of meaning. With her practical, readable, and often humorous advice, those who prepare legal documents can rid their prose of mind-numbing "legalese" and write with the clarity and precision that characterize the very best legal writing. |
Imprint Name: | University of Texas Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Texas Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1995-11-01 |