WRITE ON

Write On is a new, occasional feature on The Practice page of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly written by LPS faculty Julie Baker and Lisa Healy. These articles are intended to provide guidance on writing memoranda and briefs that will lead to the results their authors—attorneys—are hoping for from readers of those legal documents.

These articles are available in both html and pdf versions.

1. Effective writing by lawyer essential for making case
   
   PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy

2. The writer who hesitates need not be lost
   
   PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy

3. From mobsters to memos: editing key to good writing
   
   PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy

4. Small-scale document editing can reap big results
   
   PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy

5. Road to legal writing paved with attention to reader
   
   PDF version By Kathleen Elliott Vinson

6. Subtelty, storytelling keys to writing persuasively
   
   PDF version By Lisa Healy and Julie Baker

7. A guide to building good sentence structure
   
   PDF version By Lisa Healy and Julie Baker

8. When to quote, when to say it in words
   
   PDF version By Lisa Healy and Julie Baker

9. Good citations another step toward good advocacy
   
   PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy

10. Mechanics of proper case citation require more than manual skills
    
    PDF version By Julie Baker and Lisa Healy