Legal Writing in Plain English, Second Edition：A Text with Exercises

Admirablyclear,concise,down-to-earth,andpowerful—alltoooften,legalwritingembodiesnoneofthesequalities.Itsreputationforobscurityandneedlesslegaleseiswidespread.Since2001BryanA.Garner’sLegalWritinginPlainEnglishhashelpedaddressthisproblembyprovidinglawyers,judges,paralegals,lawstudents,andlegalscholarswithsoundadviceandpracticaltoolsforimprovingtheirwrittenwork.Nowtheleadingguidetoclearwritinginthefield,thisindispensablevolumeencourageslegalwriterstochallengeconventionsandoffersvaluableinsightsintothewritingprocessthatwillappealtootherprofessionals:howtoorganizeideas,createandrefineprose,andimproveeditingskills.Accessibleandwitty,LegalWritinginPlainEnglishdrawsonreal-lifewritingsamplesthatGarnerhasgatheredthroughdecadesofteachingexperience.Trenchantadvicecoversalltypesoflegalmaterials,fromanalyticalandpersuasivewritingtolegaldrafting,andthebook’sprinciplesarereinforcedbysetsofbasic,intermediate,andadvancedexercisesineachsection.Inthisnewedition,Garnerpreservesthesuccessfulstructureoftheoriginalwhileadjustingthecontenttomakeitevenmoreclassroom-friendly.Heincludescaseexamplesfromthepastdecadeandaddressesthewidespreaduseoflegaldocumentsinelectronicformats.Hisbookremainsthestandardguideforproducingthejargon-freelanguagethatclientsdemandandcourtsreward.