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book-author

Richard C. Wydick

publisher

Carolina Academic Press; 5th edition (July 30; 2005)

file-type

PDF

pages

139 pages

language

English

isbn10

1594601518

isbn13

9781594601514


Book Description

Wydick’s Plain English for Lawyers 5th edition — has been a favorite of legal writing teachers; law students; lawyers; and judges for over twenty-five years.

In January 2005; the Legal Writing Institute gave Wydick its Golden Pen Award for having written Plain English for Lawyers. The Legal Writing Institute is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing; analysis; and research. The Institute has over 1;300 members representing all of the ABA-accredited law schools in the United States. Its membership also includes law teachers from other nations; practicing lawyers and english teachers.

The LWI award states: ‘Plain English for Lawyers . . . has become a classic. Perhaps no single work has done more to improve the writing of lawyers and law students and to promote the modern trend toward a clear; plain style of legal writing.’

In 2003 Wydick retired after 32 years on the law faculty of the University of California; Davis. But he still teaches his favorite course — a seminar in advanced legal writing for third-year law students. For the past eight summers he has also lectured at the International Legislative Drafting Institute presented in New Orleans by the Public Law Center; a joint venture of Tulane and Loyola law schools. There the audience consists of lawyers and non-lawyers from abroad who earn their living drafting legislation in many different languages. ‘Teaching at the Institute;’ Wydick says; ‘is a precious opportunity to learn how much we English-users have in common with people who write laws in other languages.’

How does the 5th edition of Plain English for Lawyers differ from its predecessors? It remains (in size only!) a little book; small enough and palatable enough not to intimidate over-loaded law students. ‘Most of the textbook remains the same;’ Wydick says; ‘but in the past 7 years I’ve learned some new things about writing in English; and I want to share that with the readers.’ In addition; the exercises at the end of the chapters are slightly different (a welcome change for long-time teachers who are tired of the old ones). Finally; the teacher’s manual includes additional exercises that teachers can give to law students who want or need extra practice.

 

book-author

Richard C. Wydick

publisher

Carolina Academic Press; 5th edition (July 30; 2005)

file-type

PDF

pages

139 pages

language

English

isbn10

1594601518

isbn13

9781594601514

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