Legal Writing Tips - By Better Writers than Me!

Since I'm supposed to be finishing up my paper for Writing class instead of blogging, I thought now would be a good time to discuss legal writing.

I've mentioned before that I get really frustrated by the lack of good legal writing examples my professors give. But I have found a few places where legal writing tips can be found:

• LegalWriting.net's Blog by Wayne Schiess. Plain language and no-nonsense. He also offers links to some articles on LegalWriting.net such as "Writing to the Trial Judge" or "Common Student Citation Errors".

• Another interesting place to visit is the Plain Language Resources from the Plain Language Association International. Can't get much more plain than that.

• And yet another I found was How to Survive Your First Year of Law School. In addition to the basics, it includes a link to "How to Think Like a Lawyer".

• Westlaw, if you have access through a law school account, also carries law student tips as well as links inside cases to the briefs used to support the case.

• And let's not forget ABA's blawg directory of Legal Research & Writing. Since I like to browse around and find what's best for me, having a variety of web sites to visit is the best way for me to find what I'm looking for.

Happy browsing.