| Expert Legal Writing Contributor(s): LeClercq, Terri (Author), Phillips, Thomas R. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0292746881 ISBN-13: 9780292746886 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $22.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1995 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal Writing - Law | Reference - Reference |
| Dewey: 808.066 |
| LCCN: 95006449 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.82" W x 9.24" (0.77 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For ten years, Terri LeClercq's Legal Writing column in the Texas Bar Journal has 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. |