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Law and English

Fransiska Ade Kurnia Widodo, SH.,LL.M


Fransiska.ade@gmail.com
+6282110601987
Legal Writing

•  Any legal document must be concise, clear and engaging

•  Two types of legal writing:


•  The first type requires a balanced analysis of a legal
problem or issue
•  The second type of legal writing is persuasive

In the context of legal writing, a good writing means


writing that promotes the readers’ ability to make the
important decisions legal readers need to make in the
course of their professional duties.
Legal writing
•  Clarity
•  it is only when writing is clear that the reader
can accurately comprehend the writer‘s message
and use that infor mation to facilitate
professional decision-making
•  clarity requires proper (i.e., conventional)
grammar and punctuation
•  Use ordinary words
•  Use simple sentence structures
Legal writing

•  Concise
•  Concise writing is efficient writing
•  Concise writing means conveying the
appropriate level of details
•  Concise writing is writing that is as succinct
as possible without unduly restricting the
amount of information conveyed
Legal writing

•  Engaging
•  No matter how sound your reasoning, if it is presented in a dull and
turgid setting, your hearers—or your readers—will turn aside. They
will not stop to listen. They will flick over the pages. But if it is
presented in a lively and attractive setting, they will sit up and take
notice. They will listen as if spellbound. They will read you with
engrossment

•  readers will not want to keep reading a


document, no matter how clear and concise
it is, if it does not engage their interest
LEGAL WRITING

•  IRAC formats
•  Issue
•  Rule
•  Application
•  Conclusion
Assignment

•  Write a one page arguments on Gun Control’s policy


in the United States of America
•  Font: Times New Roman
•  Size: 12
•  Paragraph: Justified
•  Space: 1.5
Use IRAC rules to create your legal arguments
•  In the next meeting, each student will have 10 minutes to
present his/her argument in front of the class
•  The written and oral arguments must be made in English

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