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Legal WritingReaders should consult Chapter 12 of my book for more detailed commentary on legal writing.There is not very much freely available online material on legal writing. However, I do recommend the following sites or freely available articles:
- Ken Adams: Adams on Contract Drafting
- Cheryl Stephens, Plain Language Legal Writing (CBA):
- Part 1: Writing as a Process
- Part 2: Writing to be Understood
- Part 3: Mastering Modern Legal Correspondence
- Peter Butt, "What is Plain Language Law and Why Use It?" in Speaking Plainly: Plain Language Law for Non-Lawyers (12th September 2002) (Law and Justice Foundation, Australia).
- Clarity (An International Association Promoting Plain Legal Language)
- Plainlanguage.gov (USA)
- British Columbia Law Institute: Report on Gender-free Legal Writing (July 1998) (PDF, 19 pages)
- Justice John Laskin: "Forget the Wind Up and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums"
- Justice Paul Perell, "Getting a Judge's Attention" (2009) Briefly Speaking 30
Aside from that, some of my favourite print materials on legal writing are listed below (links below for each title are to the websites of the publisher or to Amazon, where available):
Resources on legal writing or style more generally:
- Asprey, Michèle. Plain Language for Lawyers. 4th ed. Leichhardt, NSW: Foundation Press, 2010.
- Dick, Robert. Legal Drafting in Plain Language. 3d ed. Toronto, ON: Carswell, 1995.
- Fitzgerald, Maureen (with Susan Barker). Legal Problem Solving: Reasoning, Research and Writing. 7th ed. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2016.
- Garner, Bryan. Elements of Legal Style. 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Garner, Bryan. Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage. 3d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Garner, Bryan. Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises. 2d ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Garner, Bryan (with Jeff Newman & Tiger Jackson). The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style. 3d ed. St Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2013.
- Goldstein, Tom & Jethro Lieberman. The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well. 2d ed. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003.
- Hollander, John. Legal Writing: Mastering Clarity and Persuasion. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2013.
- Leclercq, Terri. Guide to Legal Writing Style. 5th ed. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2011.
- Mowat, Christine. A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers. 2d ed. Toronto, ON: Carswell, 2015.
- Perrin, Timothy. Better Writing for Lawyers. Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990.
- Volokh, Eugene. Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, and Seminar Papers. 5th ed. New York: Foundation Press, 2016.
Resources on contract drafting:
- Wydick, Richard. Plain English for Lawyers. 5th ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005.
- Adams, Ken. A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. 3d ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 2013.
- Butt, Peter. Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language. 3d ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Elderkin, Cynthia & Julia Shin Doi. Behind and Beyond Boilerplate: Drafting Commercial Agreements. 3d ed. Toronto, ON: Carswell, 2011.
Resources on written advocacy
- Stark, Tina. Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do. 2d ed. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2013.
- Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Canadian Precedents of Pleadings. 2d ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2013. Available from the publisher's website in PDF: Table of Contents, Index.
- Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings. 18th ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015.
- Cromwell, Thomas. Effective Written Advocacy. Aurora, ON: Canada Law Book, 2008.
- Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Williston and Rolls Ontario Court Forms. 2d ed. Loose-leaf. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 1987. Also available here on Quicklaw.
- Garner, Bryan. The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts. 3d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Guberman, Ross. Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Harris, David et al, eds. "Chapter 2: Pleadings" in BC Civil Trial Handbook. 3d ed. Loose-leaf. Vancouver, BC: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2005.
- How Do You Plead? Breaking the Bonds of Boilerplate. Toronto, ON: Department of Continuing Legal Education, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1994.
- Irvine, Frederick, ed. McLachlin & Taylor British Columbia Court Forms. 2d ed. Loose-leaf. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2005. Available here on LexisNexis Quicklaw.
- Morton, James. Written Advocacy. 2d ed. Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2013.
- O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents: "Division XIII: Ontario Court Forms." 11th ed. Loose-leaf. Toronto: Canada Law Book, 1987. Available here online by subscription.
- Perell, Paul & John Morden. "Chapter 5: Types of Actions, Pleadings and Applications" in The Law of Civil Procedure in Ontario. 3d ed. Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2017.
- Raymond, James. Writing for the Court. Toronto, ON: Carswell, 2010.
- Scalia, Antonin & Bryan Garner. Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. St Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2008.
- Van der Hoop, JP et al, eds. Supreme Court Chambers Orders—Annotated. 2d ed. Loose-leaf. Vancouver, BC: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 1990.
- Van Kessel, Robert. Dispositions Without Trial. 2d ed. Toronto, ON: LexisNexis Canada, 2007.
Legal
Research and Writing:
4th Edition
by Ted Tjaden
Softcover 512
pgs.
Published: January 2016
ISBNs:
Paperback: 978-1-55221-414-5
e-book: 978-1-55221-415-2
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