Writing Tips to Make New Lawyers Shine

Voigt, Eric

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Writing Tips to Make New Lawyers Shine

Eric Voigt

Faulkner University, Jones School of Law

February 4, 2012

TortSource, WRITING TIPS TO MAKE NEW LAWYERS SHINE, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Vol. 12, No. 4, American Bar Association, Summer 2010

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An effective writer persuades the reader. This article (p. 8) discusses two writing tips for motions, briefs, and advisory memoranda that will put you on the road to achieving that goal. It explains how to effectively quote legal authority and use explanatory parentheticals with legal citations.

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Keywords: legal citation, citation, Bluebook, writing tips, writing, quoting, quoting authority, parentheticals, parenthetical, explanatory parenthetical, legal writing

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Date posted: September 2, 2011 ; Last revised: July 22, 2012

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Voigt, Eric, Writing Tips to Make New Lawyers Shine (February 4, 2012). TortSource, WRITING TIPS TO MAKE NEW LAWYERS SHINE, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Vol. 12, No. 4, American Bar Association, Summer 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1920764

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