Legal writing /
Margot Costanzo ; series editor, Julie Macfarlane.
- London : Cavendish Pub., 1993 (1999 printing)
- vi, 163 p. ; 21 cm.
- Essential legal skills .
Editor's Introduction. - Ch.1. Not Another Book on Writing. - Ch. 2. The Art and Science of Writing. - Ch. 3. Connecting Thinking and Writing. - Ch. 4. Managing Paragraphs. - Ch. 5. Managing Sentences. - Ch. 6. Choosing Words. - Ch. 7. Logic, Structure and Patterns in Legal Writing. - Ch. 8. Turning Advice into Action. - Appendix A. Benchmark Exercises. - Appendix B. Three weeks to better writing. - Appendix C. The Seven step guide to revising. - Appendix D. How to outline.
The objective of this book is to help law students an practising lawyers improve the structure and content of all forms of legal writing, whether letters, memos, or brief to Counsel. The book includes a wealth of examples drawn from practice. It includes practical guides on how to focus thinking and decision-making before writing, and how to revise the first draft. - Back cover.