writing. Guide to Legal Writing Style, Fourth Edition, intended as an ancillary to any basic legal writing text, expands what students learn in their first-year courses by providing additional techniques and style tips that will help make their writing more precise, readable and elegant. <p class=copymedium> <b>This highly regarded paperback, specifically directed at legal writers, offers</b><p class=copymedium> <li class=copymedium>crisp, pointed advice written in a personal and humorous style <li class=copymedium>lucid organization that helps students find the information they need most, including practice with basic skills and helpful advice on organization, sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, and formatting <li class=copymedium>an emphasis on legal ethics throughout, with most of the examples and exercises focusing on ethical issues <li class=copymedium>a chapter on organization that compares and contrasts undergraduate terms and goals with those expected by a legal audience <li class=copymedium>a guide that helps students guard against plagiarism <li class=copymedium>short, end-of-chapter exercises, with the answers at the back of the book, that strengthen skills and provide opportunities for self-testing</ul><p class=copymedium> <b>Special features in the Fourth Edition include:</b> <li class=copymedium>an updated interactive CD-ROM with multiple exercises to reinforce the materials in the book, which includes updated and expanded tests of basic skills and click-on answers and explanations <li class=copymedium>a new chapter testing common errors in professional writing, with explanations as well as succinct answers <li class=copymedium>new checklists that reinforce essential advice of each chapter</ul>

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