What is legal writing?

Legal writing entails the examination of fact patterns and the presenting of arguments in documents such as legal memos and briefs. A balanced appraisal of a legal topic or subject is one type of legal writing. Another type of legal writing is persuasive, which advocates for a legal stance. Another type of legal writing is the creation of legal documents such as contracts and wills.

Why is legal wrong important?

Legal writing assists lawyers in many facets of their career.

When interviewing a client, writing allows a lawyer to conduct a successful interview and record all of the client’s statements.

When filing an action in a court of law, the lawyer must draft his whole statement of claim.

 Defense counsel must draft a statement of defense outlining their client’s response to the claims filed against them.

When questioning a client or a witness in court, some lawyers write out all of the questions they want to ask.

When a matter is being heard in court, attorneys and judges take briefs, gather documentation, and proceed.

Writing petitions assists lawyers in obtaining an instant court order prior to the hearing date.

When a lawyer makes or intends to make a court request, such as bail. It is essential to write.

Lawyers do study and document their findings for the benefit of themselves and their children.

How we do legal writing here at freelance helping hands?

 In general, there are two sorts of legal writing: problematic legal writing and essay or explanation-based legal writing. The essay format refers to a personal in-depth investigation of a certain legal topic (fact in issue). This is usually done by students/researchers at various educational institutions. Legal practitioners generally engage in problematic type legal writing (which is our focus) in the cause of litigation, which includes statements of claim, statements of defense, pleadings, brief writing, petitions, and so on.

The most crucial rule for legal writing is to start with your key point. It is not the purpose of legal writing to create suspense. Typically, someone comes to a lawyer seeking an answer, and they want it right soon. They don’t want to go through a jumbled mess of facts to get the solution. Provide complete and accurate information in a clear, thorough, and succinct manner. Leave out extraneous statements that only serve to draw attention away from what is vital. When deciding how much detail is needed to make oneself known, keep your audience in mind. It might be good to remind yourself that you are aiming to counsel, or convince, as the case may be, rather than compose a work of fiction or poetry.

 Secondly we take the time to revise what we have written, ideally more than once. Every spelling or grammatical error will cause our readers to stumble for a time, hesitate, and maybe reread the phrase. We are aware that such an interruption takes the attention away from the point our attempt to make, and it will undoubtedly create the impression of a lack of care and, if repeated too frequently, competence.

In the 21st century, the technology exists to mitigate common grammatical errors occurring from already created legal writing by our clients. We use top-notch software’s like grammarly premium. Also, we have it as our best practice that we are comfortable with the vocabulary, style, structure, and tone of voice lawyers use daily. The obvious way to hone this skill is to read court decisions, legal journals, and other relevant and quality materials.