Effective Legal Writing by Professor Douglas Abrams is a comprehensive book on legal writing that is a must-read for students and practitioners who are looking to master legal writing. He has succeeded in compiling a road map to effective legal writing for readers from all walks of the legal world. The book should be on every lawyer’s bookshelf.
Abrams’ book contains chapters on the fundamentals of good writing: i.e., conciseness, precision, simplicity, and clarity. These four prongs of effective legal writing are reviewed in all leading textbooks and articles on writing. Thoughtfully, Abrams quotes George Orwell in Chapter 6 on “Breaking the Rules,” who recognized that “the worst thing one can do with words is to surrender to them.”
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