• Publication Date: April 19, 2021
  • ISBN: Print (Paperback): 9781552215692
  • 300 pages; 5½" x 8½"
Filed Under: Legal Writing

Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2/e

$60.00

Product Description

Lawyers like to think they are good writers. Their non-lawyer readers are more likely to describe their writing as turgid, pedantic, Latin-filled, jargon-ridden, misspelt, ungrammatical, and inelegant. Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing won’t solve all your problems, but it will help you make your prose clear, correct, and compelling. The focus is on communicating more effectively in email, letters, memos, blog posts, client updates, and social media, but there are some pointers on contractual drafting and written advocacy as well. A bit of strategy, some grammar and spelling, and a lot of style. 

The second edition of Guthrie’s Guide incorporates significant new material based on reader queries and the author’s on-going review of the legal writing that crosses his desk and screen.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Get Writing!

Chapter Two: Words Used and Abused

Chapter Three: Grammar and Punctuation

Chapter Four: Your Queries Answered

Chapter Five: Conclusion

Some Recommended Sources

Index

About the Author

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