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Wydick s Plain English for Lawyers–now in a fifth edition–has been a a one preferred of law students, authorised essay teachers, lawyers, as well as judges for over twenty-five years.
In Jan 2005, a Legal Writing Institute gave Wydick a Golden Pen Award for carrying created Plain English for Lawyers. The Legal Writing Institute is a non-profit classification which provides a forum for contention as well as grant about authorised writing, analysis, as well as research. The Institute has over 1,300 members representing all of a ABA-accredited law schools in a United States. Its membership additionally includes law teachers from alternative nations, English teachers, as well as putting in service lawyers.
The LWI endowment states: ‘Plain English for Lawyers . … More >>
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This book advocates the use of a Procrustean bed to turn every kind of writing, good and bad, into mediocre but understandeable prose. The advice offered ranges from avoiding use of the passive voice, to reducing the word count of sentences, avoiding double negatives, using shorter words (i.e., using Germanic roots over Latin roots, say, “begin” over “initiate”), etc. Incidentally, all these techniques were used in Orwell’s 1984’s “Newspeak” if I remember correctly. I have no doubt many people will benefit from the treatment – just not the kind of people who should do much writing. It’s not that overwrought writing does not get in the way of effective communication (a double negative!). It’s just that good writing can (and should) be achieved by hard work and practice, and not by the shortcut of dumbing down one’s style.
If you have been through college (which, assuming you are in law school or are a lawyer, you have) you probably already know how to write concisely. This book is worthless . . . and lame.
Down with legalese! Learn how to stop writing like a lawyer! Get this book.
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Wydick, a UC Davis Prof, is an excellent writer. And he shows you how to write well too, with clear, to the point, prose that gets to the point. This book has helped me cut out the trash that gets in between subject and verb.