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With its precise focus on the nuances of legal writing style, this popular paperback text gives students sensible advice on how to refine and enhance their writing. Guide to Legal Writing Style, Third Edition, can be used effectively alongside any basic legal writing coursebook. the book delivers specific advice, targeted To The needs of the novice legal writer: Expands on basic skills of first-year courses by explaining how skills affect readers and offering additional techniques for improvement. Zeroes in on style issues that make the written document more readable and elegant. Provides crisp, pointed, how-to guidance, written in a personal and humorous style. Models clear organization by dividing advice into five chapters covering organization, sentence structure, word choice, punctuation and formatting, making it easy for students to find the information they need. Includes helpful examples of both good and bad writing that show students how to put their knowledge into practice. Concludes with an expanded chapter on formatting that compares and contrasts strong examples of formatting different types of documents. These important changes make the Third Edition even more effective: an accompanying CD-ROM contains multiple exercises, allowing both professors and students additional opportunities for practice and feedback. A new emphasis on legal ethics extends To The examples and exercises. Concise edition is for more convenient reference. Whatever materials you use in your legal writing class, adding Guide to Legal Writing Style, Third Edition will help your students develop and practice valuable skills they will use throughout their careers.

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• Message to Students(p. xiii)
• Chapter 1 Organizing with Style(p. 1)
• Organizing Your Research: Margin Outlines(p. 2)
• Introduction: Thesis and Road Map(p. 3)
• Using Headings as Signposts(p. 6)
• Usefulness of Topic Sentences(p. 9)
• Transitions(p. 14)
• Concluding Exercises(p. 17)
• Chapter 2 Creating Sentences with Style(p. 21)
• Long Sentences(p. 22)
• Front-Loaded Sentences(p. 26)
• Awkward Citation Placement(p. 28)
• Treacherous Placement(p. 30)
• Faulty Parallelism(p. 34)
• Passive Voice(p. 37)
• Lengthy Quotations(p. 39)
• Concluding Exercises(p. 43)
• Chapter 3 Choosing Words with Style(p. 47)
• Jargon(p. 48)
• Wordiness(p. 50)
• Pronoun Antecedents(p. 54)
• Noun Strings(p. 56)
• Nominalizations(p. 58)
• Treacherous Words(p. 59)
• Gender-Based Language(p. 66)
• Concluding Exercises(p. 68)
• Chapter 4 Punctuating with Style(p. 71)
• Punctuating Sentences(p. 72)
• Punctuating Words(p. 77)
• Concluding Exercises(p. 80)
• Chapter 5 Formatting for a Visual Society(p. 83)
• Student Memorandum(p. 86)
• Client Letter(p. 88)
• Law Student Resume(p. 90)
• Law Student Cover Letter(p. 92)
• Judicial Opinion(p. 94)
• Sexual Harassment Policy(p. 96)
• Class-Action Publication Notice(p. 98)
• Publication Paragraphs(p. 100)
• Concluding Exercise(p. 102)
• Appendix Answers to "Try These" and Concluding Exercises(p. 103)
• Index(p. 119)

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