The Legal Writer - Writing it Right (NY)
- Publisher:
- New York State Bar Association
- Publication date:
- 2016-04-29
- ISBN:
- 978-1-57969-165-3
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
- Part Xliv Motions For Attorney Fees Continued Motions For Attorney Fees Continued
- Chapter 44 Writing Carefully, Misused Modifiers Must Be Avoided
- 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