Your Writing can be More Concise, Persuasive and Powerful

Your summer job may require you to draft briefs and pleadings, transactional documents and memos.  Get some practical tips on how to improve your writing from these American Bar Association publications:

The Grammar and Writing Handbook for Lawyers  [find it] shows you which rules to follow, how to choose the correct words, and the most effective way to structure every sentence.

Writing Shorter Legal Documents – Faster and Better Editing [find it] Written by a lawyer with a Ph.D. in linguistics, this book provides dozens of strategies to save space, whether by cutting content, adjusting terminology or revising lists, phrases, and sentences.  The book teaches you to shorten your arguments while clarifying them in the process.

Contract Drafting:  Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice [find it] The author, a veteran transactional attorney, provides a number of techniques for avoiding ambiguity by making better word choices, crafting strong sentences, and eliminating contextual ambiguity.  Includes exercises and example documents.