This Just in: The Complete Legal Writer

Summer is a great time for pleasure reading.  However, you may want to review your legal skills as well.  The Complete Legal Writer is an easy to read manual on all aspects of legal writing.  What is really nice is that you can just skip around too if you want to refresh or learn about a new area of legal writing.  For example, you may want to read up on different types of memos or letters such as a Demand Letter, or Client Memo.

The book is broken into 4 sections: Legal Foundations, Writing Legal Genres, Composing Legal Documents, and Implementing Feedback.  With each sections there are numerous chapters.  The book’s premise that all texts can be viewed as genres is a refreshing new take on thinking about legal writing.  The genres have rules or guideline which once understood make writing the type of text/document easier.  By thinking about what genre your document is you can then know what to do using the rules of the genre.

The Complete Legal Writer also has numerous samples, and examples along with a comprehensive glossary.