Good Legal Writting

-Good Legal Writing, by Edward Ricco

        Good Legal Writing is the name of an article that was recommended by one of my Professors (Professor Steven Brewer). Professor Brewer recommended me to read this article because he wanted me to see the comparison between English writing and legal writing. He wanted me to explore how lawyers use writing.
       In the article good legal writing Edward Riccio explains that just as you may have learned in English about good grammar, strong sentences, persuasive writing, and etc. Legal Writing uses all of what you have leaned. In the article he also explains how a good writer and a legal writer are the same. For instance in english when writing a paper you have a certain audience that you are directing the message to. The same with legal writing it's generally directed to the public , a specialized group, a client or court. By reading this article it made me realized how important writing is to the law.
       Even though Edward Ricco made a lot of great points on how writing and law are the same. There is one way legal writing differs. Ricco mentioned that "good legal writing is good re-writing." Writing is always been a creative and unique way to express yourself. Not rewriting someone else words. Throughout this article Ricco brought up some great points to how writing and legal writing relates to one another. My Professor gave me a great article to read to expand my knowledge of writing and how it is used in my major! I found this resource   very helpful to knowing how important writing will be for me in the near future!!