Form and Style Manual for Lawyers

by GALLACHER, IAN

• ISBN13: 9781594600968
• ISBN10: 1594600961
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781531009694
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xv
Chapter 1 Introduction	3	(2)
Chapter 2 Before You Begin	5	(16)
A. Establish Your Ultimate Deadline	5	(3)
i. Do Your Own Calendaring	6	(1)
ii. Anticipate Technical Problems	7	(1)
B. Establish Your Intermediate Deadlines	8	(6)
i. Develop a Schedule	9	(3)
ii. Allow Enough Time for the Writing Process	12	(1)
iii. Allow Time for Your Work to Be Reviewed	13	(1)
C. Outlining Your Writing	14	(4)
i. The Traditional Outlining Method	15	(2)
ii. The "Branching" Method	17	(1)
D. Multiple Drafts	18	(3)
Chapter 3 Writing It Down	21	(24)
A. Use Plain English	22	(1)
B. Avoid Foreign Terms	23	(1)
C. Write in Short Coherent Sentences and Short Coherent Paragraphs	24	(1)
D. Vary Sentence and Paragraph Length and Structure	25	(1)
E. Organize Your Analysis Using Subheadings	26	(1)
F. Avoid Footnotes	26	(1)
G. Eliminate Unnecessary Words	27	(4)
i. Avoid the Passive Voice	28	(1)
ii. Avoid "Be" Verbs	29	(1)
iii. Avoid "-tion" Words	30	(1)
iv. Eliminate Adverbs	31	(1)
H. Avoid Legalisms	31	(1)
I. Avoid Other Wordy Phrases	32	(1)
J. Keep the Subject, Verb, and Object Close Together	33	(1)
K. Use Past Tense When Discussing Cases	34	(2)
L. Watch for Agreement between Nouns and Pronouns	36	(2)
i. Singular Entities	37	(1)
ii. Sexist Language	38	(1)
M. Avoiding Sexist Language	38	(2)
N. Avoid Throat Clearing	40	(2)
O. Avoid Split Infinitives	42	(1)
P. Ending Sentences with Prepositions	43	(1)
Q. Beginning Sentences with Conjunctions	44	(1)
Chapter 4 Punctuation	45	(18)
A. The Apostrophe	45	(3)
i. Omission	46	(1)
ii. Possession	46	(1)
iii. Misusing Apostrophes	47	(1)
B. Brackets	48	(1)
C. The Comma	49	(4)
D. The Colon	53	(1)
E. Dashes	54	(1)
F. Ellipses	55	(1)
G. Exclamation Point	55	(1)
H. Hyphens	56	(1)
I. Parentheses	57	(1)
J. Period	58	(1)
K. Question Mark	59	(1)
L. Quotation Marks	59	(1)
M. Semicolons	60	(1)
N. Virgule	61	(2)
Chapter 5 Usage	63	(20)
Accept and Except	63	(1)
Adverse and Averse	63	(1)
Affect and Effect	64	(1)
Aggravate and Irritate	64	(1)
All Right	65	(1)
Alternate and Alternative	65	(1)
A Lot	65	(1)
Anxious and Eager	65	(1)
Apprise and Appraise	65	(1)
Assure, Ensure, and Insure	66	(1)
As...As	66	(1)
Assume and Presume	66	(1)
Bad and Badly	67	(1)
Beside and Besides	67	(1)
Between and Among	67	(1)
Bi and Semi	67	(1)
Cannot	68	(1)
Compare with and Compare to	68	(1)
Complement and Compliment	68	(1)
Continually and Continuously	69	(1)
Consensus	69	(1)
Criterion and Criteria	69	(1)
Datum and Data	69	(1)
Decimate	70	(1)
Diagnose	70	(1)
Differ with and Differ from	70	(1)
Different from and Different than	70	(1)
Dilemma	70	(1)
Disinterest and Uninterest	71	(1)
Each Other and One Another	71	(1)
Either	71	(1)
Everyone and Everybody	71	(1)
Farther and Further	72	(1)
Fewer and Less	72	(1)
First and Firstly	72	(1)
Good and Well	72	(1)
Historic	73	(1)
Hopefully	73	(1)
Hyper and Hypo	73	(1)
If and Whether	74	(1)
Imply and Infer	74	(1)
In Behalf of and On Behalf of	74	(1)
In To and Into	74	(1)
Irregardless	75	(1)
Irony	75	(1)
Lay and Lie	75	(1)
Like and As	76	(1)
Literal	76	(1)
Loath and Loathe	76	(1)
Loose and Lose	77	(1)
May and Might	77	(1)
Medium and Media	78	(1)
Memorandum and Memoranda	78	(1)
Neither	78	(1)
None	78	(1)
Only	79	(1)
On To and Onto	79	(1)
Oral and Verbal	79	(1)
Ought and Ought To	79	(1)
Phenomenon and Phenomena	80	(1)
Presently	80	(1)
Quiet and Quite	80	(1)
Statue and Statute	80	(1)
That and Which	81	(1)
Their, There, and They're	82	(1)
Unique	82	(1)
Utilize	82	(1)
Chapter 6 General Formatting Issues	83	(26)
A. Paper	84	(1)
B. Printing	84	(1)
C. Font and Size	85	(1)
D. Margins	85	(1)
E. Spacing	85	(1)
F. Page Numbers	86	(1)
G. Indents	86	(1)
H. Spacing after Punctuation	87	(1)
I. Omissions	87	(1)
J. Insertions	88	(1)
K. Mistakes	89	(1)
L. Symbols	90	(1)
M. Emphasis	91	(1)
N. Block Quotes	92	(2)
O. Justification	94	(1)
P. Default Settings	94	(1)
Q. Numbers	95	(1)
R. Headings	95	(5)
i. Numbering Headings	96	(1)
ii. Order of Heading Identifiers	96	(1)
iii. Formatting Heading Identifiers	97	(1)
iv. Formatting Headings	97	(3)
S. Defining Terms	100	(3)
T. Lists	103	(3)
i. The Short Itemized List	104	(1)
ii. The Short Nonitemized List	104	(1)
iii. The Long Itemized List	105	(1)
iv. The Long Nonitemized List	105	(1)
U. Citations	106	(1)
V. Widows	107	(2)
Chapter 7 Common Formatting Elements	109	(14)
A. The Lawyer's Role in Document Formatting	109	(1)
B. Captions	110	(2)
C. Signature Blocks	112	(2)
D. Certificate of Service	114	(2)
E. Table of Contents	116	(2)
F. Table of Authorities	118	(5)
Chapter 8 Litigation Documents	123	(44)
A. Interoffice Memoranda	123	(3)
i. Initial Formatting	124	(1)
ii. Other Formatting Issues	125	(1)
B. Initial Pleadings	126	(10)
i. Complaints	126	(7)
a. Caption	127	(1)
b. Parties	127	(2)
c. Jurisdiction and Venue	129	(1)
d. Allegations	129	(1)
e. Counts	130	(1)
f. Ad Damnum Clause	131	(1)
g. Signature Block	132	(1)
h. Demand for Jury Trial	132	(1)
ii. Answers	133	(3)
a. Responses	134	(1)
b. Affirmative Defenses	135	(1)
C. Discovery Documents	136	(6)
i. Interrogatories	136	(4)
a. Caption	136	(1)
b. Definitions and Instructions	136	(1)
c. Questions	137	(1)
d. Certificate of Service	138	(1)
e. Responses	138	(2)
f. Signing	140	(1)
ii. Document Requests	140	(1)
iii. Requests for Admission	141	(1)
D. Memoranda of Law	142	(1)
E. Documents Accompanying the Memorandum of Law	142	(10)
i. Motions	143	(4)
a. Caption	144	(1)
b. Substance of the Motion	144	(3)
ii. Proposed Orders	147	(1)
a. Caption	147	(1)
b. Substance of the Order	147	(1)
iii. Affidavits and Declarations	148	(4)
a. Affidavits	150	(2)
b. Declarations	152	(1)
F. Voir Dire and Jury Instructions	152	(6)
i. Voir Dire	152	(2)
ii. Jury Instructions	154	(4)
G. Appellate Briefs	158	(9)
i. Cover Page	159	(2)
ii. Tables	161	(2)
iii. Other Formatting Issues	163	(4)
Chapter 9 Business Correspondence	167	(16)
A. The Lawyer's Role in Preparing Correspondence	167	(2)
B. Letters	169	(5)
i. Letterhead	169	(1)
ii. Preliminary Information	170	(1)
iii. The Body of the Letter	171	(1)
iv. Signing	172	(1)
v. Copies	173	(1)
C. Facsimile Cover Sheets	174	(5)
D. E-mail	179	(4)
i. E-mail Address	179	(1)
ii. E-mail Basics	180	(3)
Chapter 10 Editing Your Work	183	(12)
A. Beginning the Editing Process	184	(2)
B. How to Edit	186	(2)
C. Check Spelling Manually as well as Electronically	188	(1)
D. Techniques to Improve the Editing Process	189	(2)
E. An Editing Checklist	191	(1)
F. Finishing the Editing Process	192	(3)
Index	195