A New Edition of Plain English for Lawyers

Carolina Academic Press announced that it is about to publish a new edition of Plain English for Lawyers, the classic text originally authored by Richard Wydick and now updated by Amy Sloan. As the CAP website states:

Plain English for Lawyers has been a favorite of law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for almost 40 years. The seventh edition, co-authored by Amy Sloan, updates this classic text while preserving all the approaches that make it such a standard in the field. In addition to guiding students through techniques for producing clear writing, this edition includes new exercises, a discussion of the principles of document design, a chapter on the appropriate uses of generative AI for writing, and detailed coverage of best practices for correct pronoun usage and avoiding gendered language. Plain English for Lawyers remains (in size only!) a little book, small enough and palatable enough not to intimidate overloaded law students.

The book can be used as one of your course texts or as a recommended supplement.

Click here for more information about the seventh edition (including how to request an examination copy for your fall syllabus).

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