HeyJaredChris S. Edwards
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The Nuts and Bolts of Clear, Effective Legal Writing (opens the original)
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Over my last three columns, we’ve discussed the importance of credibility, structuring your brief at a macro level, and structuring your arguments using topic sentences. In this edition, I want to touch on specific tips that will improve your legal writing and make your argument overall easier to understand. Before diving into these specific tips, bear two things in mind. The first is that these are generalizations that, in certain cases, can be ignored without consequence. That said, I try to s
Making the Complex Clear-'Guide to Accessible Legal Writing (opens the original)
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Last time, we talked about macro strategies for making your legal writing more accessible, using tables of contents wisely and structuring your brief in a logical order that tracks both the relief you’re requesting and the strength of your legal argument. In this edition, I want to address how to make individual arguments more accessible. Law school taught us to use the IRAC (issue, rule, application, conclusion) and CREAC (conclusion, rule, explanation, application, conclusion) structures for l
Credibility- Your Most Valuable Currency in Legal Writing (opens the original)
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If there’s one thing that separates effective legal writers from the rest, it’s not vocabulary, clever analogies, or even the number of citations. It’s credibility. After more than a decade handling appeals in federal and state courts, I’ve learned that your reputation for accuracy and honesty, on the page, can be your strongest asset or your biggest liability. Whether you’re writing your first appellate brief or your hundredth, your legal writing must persuade without pushing too hard. The most
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