Ethical Legal Writing

Schiess, Wayne

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Ethical Legal Writing

Wayne Schiess

University of Texas School of Law

2002

The Review of Litigation, Vol. 21, p. 527, 2002

Abstract:
This article describes real cases in which lawyers got into trouble for poor legal writing: court sanctions, fines, bar discipline, civil liability, and public humiliation. It offers advice for avoid those fates.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 25

Keywords: legal writing, legal research, ethics, sanctions, bar discipline, unethical, fines, lying, attacks, court rules, citation, plagiarism

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Date posted: January 8, 2009 ; Last revised: May 9, 2012

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Schiess, Wayne, Ethical Legal Writing (2002). The Review of Litigation, Vol. 21, p. 527, 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1324821

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Wayne Schiess (Contact Author)

University of Texas School of Law ( email )

727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
United States