Plain Language in the Legal Profession

The legal profession is shifting toward more straightforward writing.

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Lifting The Fog Of Legalese: Essays On Plain Language, by Joseph Kimble, Carolina Academic Press.

Plain English for Lawyers, Richard Wydick, Carolina Academic Press.

Legal Writing in Plain English, a text with exercises, Bryan Garner, University of Chicago Press.

A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Bryan Garner, Oxford Univ. Press..

Writing Readable Regulations, Thomas Murawski, Carolina Academic Press.

Writing in Plain English, Robert Eagleson, Australian Government Publishing Service (available on-lne).

Plain Language for Lawyers, Michèle Asprey, Federation Press (Australia, available on-line).

Michigan Bar Journal Plain English column. See especially Joe Kimble’s five part series on Lessons in Drafting from the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, starting in August 07.