Sitemap - 2021 - Elegant Legal Writing
Try to work in a state of flow.
Learn to diagnose and improve weak legal writing.
Write with a professional tone
Use white space and break your document into chunks.
Avoid ritual terms and phrases
In case you missed it (Part 2)
Write about characters performing actions.
Master the five types of transitions.
Pay attention to rhythm when you write.
Make every sentence compact and powerful.
Navigating language and gender
Give your prose a sense of forward movement.
Find creative ways to manage the reader’s workload.
Use ordinary capitalization in legal writing.
Use informative, full-sentence point headings.
Give your body something to do while you write.
Number your headings correctly.
Use the pomodoro technique to work in small bursts.
Move quickly to the heart of a sentence
Advanced Microsoft Word for lawyers
Simplify or omit dates and locations.
How (and why) to use em dashes
Delete unnecessary modifiers, especially intensifiers
Avoid overspecification and synonym strings
Write “shitty first drafts” before stopping to edit.
Convey your ideas straightforwardly.