On Improving Legal Writing

Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Sat, 11/08/2008 - 8:16pm

COMES NOW Wayne Schiess’ suggestion that to improve legal writing we should, inter alia, and subsequent to turning in our final edits, remove all archaic vocabulary from the aforementioned writing.

IN the instant case – that is the hereinabove first sentence of this post – all efforts have been appropriately made to follow said rules.

Witnesseth this day by legal bloggers and bloggacutrixes everywhere.


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