An Overview Of Legal Writing Services

By Alyce Powell


Legal writing may be defined as a type of writing used by those within the legal profession as a way of communication with the judged or clients and also to express their analysis of issues. It is a technical type of writing which can only be used by those with the knowledge of the law. This article looks at an overview of legal writing services.

It is worth noting that those writing the documents must ensure that they are clear and precise in their writing. They must also conform to the standards provided in law. The standard for some of the documents especially documents used to institute proceedings in court can be found at the back page of the any procedural law such as criminal procedure code or civil procedure code.

In order to get a clear synopsis, it is important to look at some of the distinguishing features of the law documents. The first one to consider is on authority. Law documents are always authoritative in nature as compared to the other documents. This is because they always tend to compel someone to undertake some task or even restrain someone. What also makes them to be authoritative is the citation of the various provisions of the law. There is a particular type of citation which must be used to cite the various provisions of the law just to make it authoritative.

In order to emphasize the authority, the drafters normally include the various provisions of the law to support whatever they are saying. A unique way of citation must also be used while citing the provisions of law. The citation style also gives it another distinctive feature.

Vocabulary is another distinguishing factor worth mentioning. There are technical law terminologies which are used when writing the document. The words and phrases used must be those which are unique to the particular area of law.

The various categories of the law writing services are also worth mentioning. The documents can be categorized in to two main broad categories. That is the analysis and drafting. Under the analysis, it is further categorized into predictive analysis and persuasive analysis. The predictive analysis is a document which tends to predict on the outcome of a dispute.

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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