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Legal Writing
Make Words Fight
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Why Learn Legal Writing?
Law is nothing but words.
Your words in court must communicate precisely, unambiguously, effectively!
To win you must write them so they do what you need them to do.
One might think (from watching TV and movies about courtroom drama) it's only what gets said out loud in open court that counts.
But, you'd be wrong to think that. Dead wrong!
It's only what gets written that ultimately has any effect on the outcome of any case.
Even live testimony of witnesses at trial, hearings, or depositions end up written down in the court record. Otherwise testimony would have no legal significance.
As you will learn from other classes in this course, the golden key to winning in court is "making an effective record for appeal" so you won't have to appeal or, if you must appeal, you'll know how to win in the appellate court.
Winning requires words written effectively!
Sloppy writing, like sloppy ball-handling in sports or sloppy guitar playing in music, cannot win the prize.
Words must get what you want from the court.
If the trial judge chooses to ignore the law or the rules, then the written words will so effectively present the facts and law that you'll win on appeal by communicating the facts and law with appellate court justices.
Shakespeare was a great writer. No dispute. He was a word master. He could paint pictures, convey emotions, and move audiences to tears or spontaneous laughter using his words and the way he arranged and decorated them.
But, that's not "good legal writing". In fact, it is the farthest thing from "good legal writing". Too many adjectives. Too many adverbs. Too many words period!
You cannot afford to fail.
Study this class on "good legal writing" to win.
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