Legal writing involves the analysis of fact patterns and presentation of arguments in documents such as legal memoranda and briefs. One form of legal...

The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving legal communication, building the discipline of legal writing, and...

episode of writing, for example, a writer might instinctively switch among a pencil, a touchscreen, a text-editor, a whiteboard, a legal pad, and adhesive...

Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), formed in 1996, is a non-profit professional association of directors and former directors of legal research, writing...

of writing traces the development of writing systems and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures...

Legal English, also known as legalese, is a register of English used in legal writing. It differs from day-to-day spoken English in a variety of ways...

teaching a subject outside the customary law school discipline — Legal Writing. Legal Writing was part of a course entitled "Problems and Research." It was...

person. The plural form "persons" is often used in philosophical and legal writing. The criteria for being a person... are designed to capture those attributes...

A notebook (also known as a notepad, writing pad, drawing pad, or legal pad) is a book or stack of paper pages that are often ruled and used for purposes...

in 2010, this was made a federal requirement with the Plain Writing Act. In legal writing, David Mellinkoff, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, is...

A legal doublet is a standardized phrase used frequently in English legal language consisting of two or more words that are irreversible binomials and...

rights and duties of litigants. Most legal writing is exact and technical, seeking to precisely define legally binding rights and duties. Thus, precise...

also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a legal professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not...

Supreme Court of the United States is famous in the American legal community for his writing style, in which he never uses notes. He prefers to keep all...

styled The Hon. Mr Justice Tugendhat, and referred to as Tugendhat J in legal writing, is a retired High Court judge in England and Wales. He was the High...

law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction...

Delta Phi chapter is named for Blackwell. The Legal Writing Institute and the Association of Legal Writing Directors created the Thomas Blackwell Memorial...

particular organization, or a profession more broadly (e.g., legal writing). An individual's writing style may be distinctive for particular themes, personal...

advertisement or promotion Legal English, sometimes referred to as "legalese" – the type of English as used in legal writing Terms and conditions – provisions...

This is a list of abbreviations used in law and legal documents. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard...

other types of dictionary. Legal writing Nielsen, Sandro. The Bilingual LSP Dictionary. Principles and Practice for Legal Language. (Gunter Narr Verlag...

Legal technology, also known as Legal Tech, refers to the use of technology and software to provide legal services and support the legal industry. Legal...

Balkin has defined the term by writing, "In law, status is generally a characteristic of an individual that has some legal consequences. Examples are being...

citation system for the United States, compiled by the Association of Legal Writing Directors. Its first edition was published in 2000, under editor Darby...

"Strunk and White".) ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, formerly ALWD Citation Manual, by the Association of Legal Writing Directors The Bluebook: A Uniform...

School. She served as a clerk to Judge Richard Arcara and taught as a legal writing professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School. She also practiced law as an attorney...

In legal writing, a dictum (Latin 'something that has been said'; plural dicta) is a statement made by a court. It may or may not be binding as a precedent...

letter of intent. The capitalized form Letter of Intent may be used in legal writing, but only when referring to a specific document under discussion. LOIs...

Dissertation (2003), p. 273, ISBN 023036800X. Legal Writing Institute, Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute (2002), Vol. 7, p. 32. Mark Newell...

methodology for legal analysis. The IRAC format is mostly used in hypothetical questions in law school and bar exams. In the IRAC method of legal analysis,...