Legal writing
About the Lecture
The lecture Legal writing by Tim Aghotor is from the course Legal English (EN). It contains the following chapters:
- Why Is Writing Important?
- What to Consider for Writing
- More to Consider for Writing
- Exercise for Legal Writing
- Strategies for Effective Legal Writing
- The Access to Justice
- The Planning of Legal Writing
- The Step of Writing
- More about Paragraphing
- Paragraphing Exercise
- Summary
Included Quiz Questions
Writing is important for lawyers for all reasons below except?
- Many documents that are used by lawyers are written documents.
- Writing enables one to communicate correctly through time.
- Anything properly written and stored away can be read in the future.
- A written document is also publishable which makes it available for a larger number of people.
- Writing minimizes mistakes when comprehending a case.
Legal writing of any given case may be directed towards the following except?
- The nation
- The proposing counsel
- The opposing counsel
- The claimant
- Your client
Which of the following is not a part of a letter?
- The intent of the draft
- The salutation
- The subject title
- The body of the letter
- The complimentary close of the letter
In legal writing the following points are important to consider except?
- What type of clothes they can afford for the court appearance.
- How well you know the person.
- How easy it will be for them to understand the issues at hand.
- How they would react towards the message.
- Their attitude towards you, the writer.
Strategies for effective legal writing include the following except?
- Job specifications
- Plain English
- Revising
- Writing
- Planning
What is the German word for "injunction"?
- Einstweilige Verfügung
- Gerichtliche Verfügung
- Letztwillige Verfügung
- Vermächtnis
- Rechtswegerschöpfung
In the planning of legal writing the following points are important to consider except?
- Answering enquiries or questions
- Setting out options
- Knowing for yourself what you want to say
- Asking yourself what the purpose of your writing is
- Being sure of what you want the recipient to know
Author of lecture Legal writing
Tim Aghotor
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