Can Bad Legal Writing Get You in Trouble?

You bet it can, and your boss isn’t the only one who can create trouble for you.  To see what other kinds of trouble you can get into, and how to avoid it, check out this oldie but goodie (but just recently posted to SSRN), Ethical Legal Writing, from UT law professor Wayne Schiess of Legalwriting.net and its blog.  The 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 [sic] those fates.”

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3 Responses to Can Bad Legal Writing Get You in Trouble?
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    March 26, 2009 | 8:26 pm

    Proper ethics in writing is a recurrent issue among any publication and in every situation. I guess this must be solved hand in hand.

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