Plain English for Lawyers by Richard C. Wydick (English) Paperback Book

Description: Plain English for Lawyers by Richard C. Wydick Suitable for law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for over 25 years, this title helps to improve the writing of lawyers and law students and promotes the modern trend toward a clear, plain style of legal writing. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Wydicks "Plain English for Lawyers" - now in its fifth edition - has been a favorite of law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for over 25 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, English teachers, and practicing lawyers.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 fifth 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 text remains the same, Wydick says, but in the past seven years Ive 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 different (a welcome change for long-time teachers who are tired of the old ones). Finally, the teachers manual includes additional exercises that teachers can give to students who want or need extra practice. Author Biography Richard C. Wydick is a Professor Emeritus of law at the University of California at Davis School of Law. Review A" ... probably the most popular legal text today ...A"- The New York Times"... a survival kit for the profession. It should be on every lawyers desk." - New Jersey Lawyer (on an earlier edition)"... Plain English for Lawyers is a classic that deserves a place on every lawyers shelf. It is everything that a writing book should be - clear, concise, spirited, practical, accessible, and sound." - The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing (on the fourth edition)"Wydicks Plain English for Lawyers is the most practical book of its kind, following in the fine tradition of Strunk and Whites The Elements of Style." - The National Law Journal (on an earlier edition) Details ISBN1594601518 Author Richard C. Wydick Publisher Carolina Academic Press Year 2005 ISBN-10 1594601518 ISBN-13 9781594601514 Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-07-30 Media Book Pages 152 Language English Edition 5th DOI 10.1604/9781594601514 Imprint Carolina Academic Press Place of Publication Durham, NC Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-08-29 NZ Release Date 2005-08-29 US Release Date 2005-08-29 UK Release Date 2005-08-29 Edition Description 5th Revised edition Replaces 9780890899946 DEWEY 808.06634 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168418902;

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