Legal Writer : 40 Rules for the Art of Legal Writi - Softcover

 
9780972191685: Legal Writer : 40 Rules for the Art of Legal Writi
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ISBN 10: 0972191682 ISBN 13: 9780972191685

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The Legal Writer 3rd Edition: 40 Rules for the Art of Legal Writing, by Judge Painter promotes the use plain English by lawyers with their colleagues and clients.

The 3rd edition is published in cooperation with Casemaker Print Publishing® and Jarndyce & Jarndyce Press.

"Cases are about people. Shouldn't they be able to read what is happening to them?" Judge Painter asks in his seminars. In The Legal Writer, he expands on that theme, and offers 40 rules for lawyers to follow in changing their writing style.

The book shows lawyers and judges how to write shorter sentences, shorter paragraphs, purge legal jargon, and write in plain language.

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Besides The Legal Writer, Judge Painter is co-author of the legal text Ohio Driving Under the Influence Law, now in its 14th edition, and co-author of Ohio Appellate Practice. He has written 91 articles for legal journals, and a biography, William Howard Taft—President and Chief Justice, published in 2004.

Judge Painter was elected to the First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati in 1994, and re-elected without opposition in 2000. Previously, he served 13 years on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. During that time, he was the most-published trial judge in Ohio. He also has served for 15 years as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati, now teaching advanced legal writing.

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Englisch
ISBN 10 
0972191682
ISBN 13 
9780972191685
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