Bryan Garner is the preeminent expert on legal writing. Every minute piece of advice he provides should be followed to a “t.”
Please accept my apologies for linking to, and re-posting, a blog article by another person, but why re-invent the wheel?
- You will never write as
goodwell as you read, so read seriously and for technique… - Be a lawyer who clarifies and not a lawyer who obfuscates. Judges will trust your writing and you will win more often…
- Learn how to write proper English. Buy a dictionary, thesaurus, and a writing usage book (or two)…
There are 10 total tips and the tips above have more text than that which I have quoted, so for the rest you will have to visit the article hyperlinked above. And trust me, it is all good!