The Legal Writer - Writing it Right (NY)

Index

• Introduction
• Biography
• Chapter 1 Dress For Success: Be Formal But Not Inflated
• Chapter 2 On Terra Firma With English
• Chapter 3 Getting To Yes: Affirmative Writing
• Chapter 4 “Of” With Their Heads: Concision
• Chapter 5 What's Another Word For “Synonym”?
• Chapter 6 He Said|She Said: Gender-Neutral Writing
• Chapter 7 The Pause That Refreshes: Commas
• Chapter 8 Not Mere Rhetoric: Metaphors And Similes
• Chapter 9 Poetic Justice: From Bad To Verse
• Chapter 10 Writers On Writing: Metadiscourse
• Chapter 11 If I Were A Lawyer: Tense In Legal Writing
• Chapter 12 The Bottom Line On Footnotes  And Endnotes
• Chapter 13 Ineffective Devices: Rhetoric That Fails
• Chapter 15 Uppercasing Needn’t Be A Capital Crime
• Chapter 16 Technique: A Legal Method To The Madness
• Chapter 17 Judicial Jesting: Judicious?
• Chapter 18 The Devil's In The Details For Delusional Claims
• Chapter 19 Free At Last From Obscurity: Clarity
• Chapter 20 Apostrophe's And Plurals'
• Chapter 21 That's The Way It Is: “That” And “Which” In Legal Writing
• Chapter 22 You Can Quote Me: Quoting In Legal Writing
• Chapter 23 A Pox On Vox Pop
• Chapter 24 Short Judicial Opinions: The Weight Of Authority
• Chapter 25 Write The Cites Right
• Chapter 26 Sentences And Paragraphs: A Revisionist Philosophy
• Chapter 27 Problem Words And Pairs In Legal Writing
• Chapter 28 Learning Disabilities And The Legal Writer
• Chapter 29 Legal-Writing Ethics
• Chapter 30 Academic Legal Writing: How To Write And Publish
• Chapter 31 Legal-Writing Myths
• Chapter 32 You Think You Have Issues? The Art Of Framing Issues In Legal Writing
• Chapter 33 The Department Of Redundancy Department: Concision And Succinctness
• Chapter 34 Comparisons And Logic
• Chapter 35 Ethical Judicial Writing
• Chapter 36 Sin And Virtue In Legal Writing: Vanity And Humility
• Chapter 37 Do's, Don’ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Do's
• Chapter 38 Do's, Don’ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Don’ts
• Chapter 39 Do's, Don’ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Grammar
• Chapter 40 Do's, Don’ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation
• Chapter 41 Do's, Don’ts, And Maybes: Usage Controversies
• Chapter 42 Fact Vs. Fiction: Writing The Facts
• Chapter 43 Plain English: Eschew Legalese
• Chapter 44 Writing Carefully, Misused Modifiers Must Be Avoided
• Part Xliv Motions For Attorney Fees Continued Motions For Attorney Fees Continued
• Chapter 45 Persuading The Judge Through Writing: How To Win
• Chapter 46 Document Design: Pretty In Print
• Chapter 47 Nuts 'N' Bolts: Legal-Writing Mechanics
• Chapter 48 Proveâ Proof It Withâ Revisionâ Re-Vision
• Chapter 49 Email Netiquette For Lawyers
• Chapter 50 Getting To The Point: Pointers About Point Headings
• Chapter 51 Persuasive Writing For Lawyers
• Chapter 52 Writing Bad Briefs: How To Lose A Case In 100 Pages Or More
• Chapter 53 Or Forever Hold Your Peace: Reply Briefs
• Chapter 54 Cracking The Code To Writing Legal Arguments: From Irac To Crarc To Combinations In Between