The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and Beyond 546: 5 Tips for Keeping Your Legal Writing Organized (Part 2)
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In a two-part episode, we discuss how organization is what makes legal writing usable and trustworthy -- allowing judges, supervisors, and clients to follow your reasoning and accept your conclusions. Together with Legal Writing professor and Law School Toolbox tutor Mary Fran Richardson, we cover five essential tips for keeping your legal writing clean and well organized.
In this episode we discuss:
- Planning and outlining before you write
- Avoiding conclusory analysis
- Utilizing headers as signposts for your reader
- Organizing your paragraphs logically
- Writing simple, focused, and purposeful sentences
- How to write strong topic sentences
Resources:
- Tutoring for Law School Success (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/tutoring-for-law-school-success/)
- Podcast Episode 489: A Legal Writing Makeover (Part 1 – The Issue Statement) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-489-a-legal-writing-makeover-part-1-the-issue-statement/)
- Podcast Episode 490: A Legal Writing Makeover (Part 2 – The Rule Statement) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-490-a-legal-writing-makeover-part-2-the-rule-statement/)
- Podcast Episode 491: A Legal Writing Makeover (Part 3 – The Analysis Section) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-491-a-legal-writing-makeover-part-3-the-analysis-section/)
- Podcast Episode 493: A Legal Writing Makeover (Part 4 – The Conclusion) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-493-a-legal-writing-makeover-part-4-the-conclusion/)
- Mastering Legal Writing (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/mastering-legal-writing/)
- Three Cs of Legal Writing…And One T (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/three-cs-of-legal-writingand-one-t/)
- Keys to Outlining in Law School (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/keys-to-outlining-in-law-school/)
Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-546-5-tips-for-keeping-your-legal-writing-organized-part-2/)
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