Emergency!

Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 91, No. 11, November 2012

3 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2012 Last revised: 24 May 2014

Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

A mild-mannered law-firm associate transforms into Editor Man and redrafts a dense statutory provision that has literally floored a colleague. (A short piece offering strategies for the legal drafter.)

Keywords: legal writing, legal drafting, plain language, plain English, writing, style, ambiguity, vagueness, editing

Suggested Citation

Cooney, Mark, Emergency! (November 1, 2012). Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 91, No. 11, November 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2182750

Mark Cooney (Contact Author)

Cooley Law School ( email )

300 S. Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.cooley.edu/faculty/cooney.html

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