| Writing Competency |
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1. Ability to Write
Appropriately to a Given Audience |
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Resources
Understanding Your Audience
Writing Clearly and Effectively: How to Keep the Reader's Attention
Communicating to a Diverse Audience
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2. Ability to Express Thoughts in an Organized Manner
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Resources
Roadmap: Seeing the Big Picture
Paragraphs
Transitional Words & Phrasess
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3. Ability to Express a Thought with Precision, Clarity & Economy |
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Resources
Sentences
Parallelism
Word Choice
Wordiness
Verbs
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4. Ability to Use the Mechanics of the Language
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Resources
Usage & Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronoun References
Apostrophes
Commas
Colons & Semi-Colons
Spelling
Common Words that Sound Alike
Capitalization
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5. Ability to Perceive and Respond to the Implicit and Explicit Communications
of Others
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6. Ability to Write so as to Advance Immediate and Long-term Objectives
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| Persuasive Writing |
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Resources
Legal Ease From Start to Finish
On Beginning a Court Paper |
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Ability to Write: |
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1. Preliminary statements
2. Factual Statements
3. Point Headings on a Specific Legal Problem
4. Arguments
5. Refutations of Opponents' Arguments
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Letters
Regulations
E-Mail
Court Opinions
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| Writing Inventory |
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1. Ability to Write Appropriately to a Given Audience
2. Ability to Express Thoughts in an Organized Manner
3. Ability to Express a Thought with Precision, Clarity & Economy
4. Ability to Use the Mechanics of the Language
5. Ability to Perceive and Respond to the Implicit and Explicit Communications
of Others
6. Ability to Write so as to Advance Immediate and Long-term Objectives
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| Persuasive Writing Inventory |
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Ability to Write:
1. Preliminary statements
2. Factual Statements
3. Point Headings on a Specific Legal Problem
4. Arguments
5. Refutations of Opponents' Arguments
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References
General Dictionaries
Legal Dictionaries
References
Exercises
Legal Writing Exercises |
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Legal Writing in Plain English
Quiz on Revising Passive Constructions
Gettysburg Address
Parallel Quizzes
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| Usage & Grammar |
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Grammar Quotient Challenge Quiz
Subject-Verb Agreement
Exercise on That and Which
Apostrophes
Commas
Colons & Semi-Colons
Spelling
Words that Sound Alike
Capitalization
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| The Writing Process |
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Getting Started
Developing Voice
Reader-Based Feedback Guide
Revising & Editing
Revising & Editing Checklist
Peter Elbow on Writing
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Writing Mentors
Face to Face Training
Books on Writing
Take a Break |
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Word Games
Humor
Shakespearean Insults |
