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Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises

Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001 Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work....

Keywords:: Law, Legal Writing

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Social Sciences / Law

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: September 20, 2021
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 31, 2025
Author:: Bryan Garner
Submitter:: Mikaela Wiley

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: PDF
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Caitlin Balgeman (Librarian)

3 years ago

I'm not sure this text is open access...it appears to be a copyrighted work published by the University of Chicago Press.