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Monday 4 November 2013

A Summary Of The Legal Writing Services

By Alyce Powell


Within the legal fraternity, there is a way in which documents are written. The documents are referred to as legal documents. It is a technical type of writing which requires special knowledge in order for one to be in a position to write it effectively. This article gives a synopsis of the legal writing services.

There are certain institutions which offer these services. There are also freelance attorneys who may be contracted to write documents. It is important however that the documents should be concise, clear and should conform to the set standards as per the law profession. Those offering such services must undergo through training in law. This is because the documents are always written in a law language which only those with the knowledge of the law can understand.

Legal documents have some distinguishing features from other documents. The distinguishing feature includes the following. The first one is on authority. The documents tend to be authoritative by citing different sections of the law to support whatever they are stating. Citation must be used just ensure that all the assertion I the document are anchored to some provisions of the law.

Precedent is also another feature worth mentioning. The documents follow precedent to the latter. If there is a document which has been previously written, it should be kept so that incise a different client comes with another similar issues, the service providers will just take the previous document then amend it appropriately to suite the current clients.

There is also another feature of use of precedent. This entails the re use of documents which had been drafted in the past. Most of the time, those who engage in drafting of the documents, normally keep the documents they have drafted. This enables them to use it once again there is a similar situation which requires the drafting of a similar document.

Style of citation is also worth mentioning. There is a special way of citing cases, books and journal in law and even a way of including footnotes and bibliographies. Formality is also another feature to mention. All law documents are drafted in a formal way. It is also worth noting that there are two main categories of law writing.

The person drafting such document must consider the various provisions before reaching into a conclusion. An example is the memorandum. On the other hand, persuasive legal analysis is a document written with an intention of presiding the person adjudication on the matter. The writer must also include the various provisions of the law to convince the judge. An example of the same includes written submissions and briefs.

Legal drafting on the other hand is drafted documents which are binding. They include the various enacted laws such as statutes, rules and regulations. Since the writing is technical, it can only be done by those who have undergone through training on the law. These is the overview of legal writing services.




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