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  The art of commenting : How to influence environmental decisionmaking with effective comments

  By Mullin, Elizabeth. 2nd edition. 2015.

  This longtime ELI bestseller will assist those who are commenting on drafts of their own agency's, organization's, or client's documents as well as those participating in the public comment periods available under many environmental laws.

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  Federal plain language guidelines

  By Plain Language Action and Information Network. Plain Language Action and Information Network. 2011.

  This guide advises readers on the use of plain language to "make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications." -publisher

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  Grammar, punctuation, and style : a quick guide for lawyers and other writers

  By Cupples, Deborah. 2013.

  A quick and easy-to-read guide suitable for all writers. It also includes additional notes for the legal professional.

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  Just memos

  Latest received: Automatic updates. By Oates, Laurel Currie. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Fourth edition. [2018]-.

  "Just Memos helps prepare students for practice by showing them how to write memos, letters, and emails that will win praise from their supervising attorneys. In the Book, Laurel Currie Oates and Anne Enquist use the same approach that they use in their other bestselling books: a step-by-step approach that features numerous examples. In addition, Just Memos provides students with an overview of the U.S. legal system and specific instruction on legal reading as a key lawyering skill. With the authors' trademark clarity and focus, Just Memos includes: step-by-step instruction for writing every part of the memo; helpful examples of simple and more complex memoranda; detailed guidance for transitioning from other types of academic writing; in-depth coverage of legal writing style in the United States - ideal for foreign students and lawyers." -publisher's description

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  Legal citation in a nutshell

  By Teply, Larry. West Academic Publishing. ©2016.

  "Learning legal citation is one of the difficult (and sometimes admittedly annoying) tasks that students new to the law face. This book is designed to ease that task. It initially focuses on conventions that underlie all accepted forms and systems of legal citation. Building on that understanding and an explanation of the "process" of using citations in legal writing, the book then discusses and illustrates the particular rules of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual for citing cases, statutes, and all other major legal sources. Unique appendices provide useful comparative information for these two systems of citation." - publisher's description

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  Legal drafting in a nutshell

  By Kuney, George W. West Academic Publishing. Fourth edition. 2016.

  "Legal Drafting in a Nutshell, 4th Edition, provides guidance on producing transactional documents, contracts, instruments, legislation, and regulations that solve existing problems and prevent future problems. The book provides both a large scale, macro overview of the drafting process as well as small scale, micro focused discussion of the mechanics of legal documents at the sentence, word, and punctuation level. For this fourth edition, each chapter has been extensively updated to incorporate the current and developing perspectives regarding subjects like plain English, legal typography, and document preparation in the 21st century. This is especially the case in the sections of the text dealing with contracts and instruments, although it is true throughout the text. Legal drafting is as much a thought process as a writing process; clear thinking leads to clear drafting. This book is a guide for clear, structured thinking about drafting in order to provide readers with a structured …

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  Legal writing and analysis in a nutshell

  By Bahrych, Lynn. West Academic Publishing. Fifth edition. 2017.

  "This book provides a ten-step guide to clear, precise, and effective legal writing and analysis for both law students and experienced lawyers. It gives the keys to writing legal memoranda and briefs, organizing analysis, crafting clear and concise sentences, using legal language accurately, using grammar and punctuation properly, writing persuasively using classical rhetorical techniques. The book describes a method for analyzing and improving individual writing style includes a sample analysis. It also includes new material on using plain English and new legal documents to illustrate effective writing techniques." - publisher's description

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  Legal writing style : [electronic resource]

  By Gidi, Antonio. West Academic Publishing. Third edition. [2018].

  "Legal Writing Style promotes the art of good writing by teaching students and practitioners the tools to make their prose clear, precise, simple, and forceful. With examples of what works and what doesn't, this short but comprehensive treatise provides an invaluable resource for recasting writing for maximum impact and ultimate success"--Publisher website.

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  A manual of style for contract drafting

  By Adams, Kenneth A. 3rd. 2013.

  With A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Kenneth A. Adams has created a uniquely in-depth survey of the building blocks of contract language. First published in 2004, it offers those who draft, review, negotiate, or interpret contracts an alternative to the dysfunction of traditional contract language and the flawed conventional wisdom that perpetuates it. This manual has become a vital resource throughout the legal profession, in the U.S. and internationally. This is the third edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. One-third longer than the second edition (published in 2008) and in a larger format, it contains much new material and has otherwise been revised and supplemented, making it even more essential. This manual's focus remains how to express contract terms in prose that is free of the archaisms, redundancies, ambiguities, and other problems that afflict traditional contract language. With exceptional analysis and an unmatched level...

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  The Maroonbook : The University of Chicago manual of legal citation

  Latest received: 2017. By University of Chicago Law Review. University of Chicago Law Review. c1989, 2000, 2009, 2017.

  This manual provides an easy to follow framework for creating legal citations.

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