Publisher's Synopsis
<p> Adapted from the <b>Legal Writing Handbook’s </b>highly praised “Effective Writing” and “Correct Writing,”<b> Just Writing </b>covers the basic principles of good legal writing, including style, grammar, punctuation, and other mechanics of writing. Its short length and focused content make it a perfect supplemental text for any legal writing course, providing tips, techniques, and helpful advice for every step of the process―planning, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. <b>Just Writing</b> guides students to eloquence in concise legal prose and contrasts plain English with legalese. The text integrates writing for English-as-a-Second-Language students in its presentation. Other supportive features include a Glossary of Usage and practice exercises on the companion website to sharpen students’ skills. A Teacher’s Manual offers suggestions on teaching the course as well as specific notes for each chapter. The Teaching Materials Website, available to adopters of any of the authors’ texts, provides additional teaching and testing resources. </p> <p> <b>Features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>complete handbook</b> designed specifically for the legal writer <ul> <li> introduces the basic principles of good legal writing </li> <li> covers style, grammar, punctuation, and other mechanics of writing </li> </ul> </li> <li> adapted from the <b>Legal Writing Handbook’s</b> highly praised “Effective Writing” and “Correct Writing” </li> <li> <b>short length and focused content</b>―a perfect supplement for any legal writing course </li> <li> provides tips and techniques for <b>every step of the writing process</b> <ul> <li> planning </li> <li> drafting </li> <li> revising </li> <li> editing </li> <li> proofreading </li> </ul> </li> <li> includes<b> helpful advice</b> <ul> <li> how the expectations of legal writers should influence legal writing </li> <li> eloquence in legal prose </li> <li> plain English and legalese </li> <li> how to be concise </li> </ul> </li> <li> offers <b>clear explanations and excellent examples</b> </li> <li> covers writing for<b> English-as-a-Second-Language students</b> </li> <li> <b>Glossary of Usage</b> gives helpful hints </li> <li> <b>Teacher’s Manual</b> with suggestions on teaching the course and specific notes for each chapter </li> <li> <b>Teaching Materials Website</b> available to adopters―additional teaching and testing resources </li> <li> <b>practice exercises</b> on the companion website to sharpen students' skills </li> </ul> <p> <b>The revised Fourth Edition presents:</b> </p> <ul> <li> Quick Tips moved to the end of chapters<b> for ease of reference</b> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
