Volume 3
The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Volume 3
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Cover Page
Table of Contents
From the Editor
Articles
What Does “Plain Language” Mean These Days?
Barbara Child
Twenty-Five “Dos” for Appellate Brief Writers
Roger J. Milner
Extra-Special Secrets of Appellate Brief Writing
Nathan L. Hecht
Point: In Defense of Legalese
Walter P. Armstrong
Counterpoint: In Defense of Plain Language
Stanley M. Johanson
Rebuttal: In Defense of Legalese — Once More
Walter P. Armstrong
Heroes of the Revolution: Henry D. Sedgwick and Timothy Walker
Mark E. Steiner
A Model Plain-Language Act
David C. Elliott
The Many Misuses of Shall
Joseph Kimble
Shall Must Go
Michele M. Asprey
Rebuttal: A Response to Asprey
Joseph Kimble
On Beginning Sentences with But
Bryan A. Garner
Essays
A Sequel to “An Epistolary Essay”
The Legaldegook Awards: 1991-1992
A. Darby Dickerson, A Gallery of Cartoons on Lawyers and their Language
Poetry
The Trial Lawyer
Stephen F. Fink
Polar Persuasion
Beverly Ray Burlingame
A Law Reviewer Reminisces
Christopher D. Tussling
Peggy Sue Revised
Darrell Hancock
Notes & Queries
Book Notices
Notes on Contributors
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