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Effective Legal Writing Techniques

The document discusses the importance of effective legal writing. It notes that legal writing must be concise, clear, and engaging. There are two types of legal writing - analysis of a legal problem or issue, and persuasive writing. Good legal writing promotes the reader's ability to make important decisions by being clear, concise, and engaging. Clarity requires proper grammar, punctuation, ordinary words, and simple sentences. Concise writing efficiently conveys the appropriate level of detail. Engaging writing presents information in a lively way to hold readers' interest, regardless of how sound the reasoning. The IRAC format of issue, rule, application, and conclusion is commonly used for legal arguments. Students are assigned to

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  • writing efficiency,
  • persuasive techniques,
  • engagement,
  • punctuation,
  • legal writing,
  • rules of law,
  • grammar,
  • writing conventions,
  • effective communication,
  • reader engagement
162 views7 pages

Effective Legal Writing Techniques

The document discusses the importance of effective legal writing. It notes that legal writing must be concise, clear, and engaging. There are two types of legal writing - analysis of a legal problem or issue, and persuasive writing. Good legal writing promotes the reader's ability to make important decisions by being clear, concise, and engaging. Clarity requires proper grammar, punctuation, ordinary words, and simple sentences. Concise writing efficiently conveys the appropriate level of detail. Engaging writing presents information in a lively way to hold readers' interest, regardless of how sound the reasoning. The IRAC format of issue, rule, application, and conclusion is commonly used for legal arguments. Students are assigned to

Uploaded by

Fransiska Ade Kurnia Widodo
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
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Topics covered

  • writing efficiency,
  • persuasive techniques,
  • engagement,
  • punctuation,
  • legal writing,
  • rules of law,
  • grammar,
  • writing conventions,
  • effective communication,
  • reader engagement

Law and English

Fransiska Ade Kurnia Widodo, SH.,LL.M


[email protected]
+6282110601987
Legal Writing

•  Any legal document must be concise, clear and engaging

•  Two types of legal writing:


•  The first type requires a balanced analysis of a legal
problem or issue
•  The second type of legal writing is persuasive

In the context of legal writing, a good writing means


writing that promotes the readers’ ability to make the
important decisions legal readers need to make in the
course of their professional duties.
Legal writing
•  Clarity
•  it is only when writing is clear that the reader
can accurately comprehend the writer‘s message
and use that infor mation to facilitate
professional decision-making
•  clarity requires proper (i.e., conventional)
grammar and punctuation
•  Use ordinary words
•  Use simple sentence structures
Legal writing

•  Concise
•  Concise writing is efficient writing
•  Concise writing means conveying the
appropriate level of details
•  Concise writing is writing that is as succinct
as possible without unduly restricting the
amount of information conveyed
Legal writing

•  Engaging
•  No matter how sound your reasoning, if it is presented in a dull and
turgid setting, your hearers—or your readers—will turn aside. They
will not stop to listen. They will flick over the pages. But if it is
presented in a lively and attractive setting, they will sit up and take
notice. They will listen as if spellbound. They will read you with
engrossment

•  readers will not want to keep reading a


document, no matter how clear and concise
it is, if it does not engage their interest
LEGAL WRITING

•  IRAC formats
•  Issue
•  Rule
•  Application
•  Conclusion
Assignment

•  Write a one page arguments on Gun Control’s policy


in the United States of America
•  Font: Times New Roman
•  Size: 12
•  Paragraph: Justified
•  Space: 1.5
Use IRAC rules to create your legal arguments
•  In the next meeting, each student will have 10 minutes to
present his/her argument in front of the class
•  The written and oral arguments must be made in English

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