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Interview About Writing [2008]
	How should lawyers go about writing articles? How can they find topics? How can they get past writer's block? What are the risks of writing articles? How do you deal with editors? Joshua Stein answered these and other questions in an online interview, which you can read by clicking anywhere on this paragraph.

How Some "Standard" Language in a Promissory Note Cost a Lender Five Years of Default-Rate Interest [2002]
Surprises sometimes lurk in "standard" language. Here's an expensive example from a case in California.

Short and Simple [2002]
Seven succinct suggestions for better documents, letters, memos, and reports.

How Could Anyone Possibly Have Comments on My Masterpiece? [2000]
Why, when, and how lawyers should obtain comments on their work, and what to do with those comments after receiving them.

Template for a Template - A Checklist to Prepare or Improve any Model Document [2000]
When you prepare a document that will become a "form" or a "model" for future transactions, you might want to keep in mind the dozens of suggestions in this article.

Writing Clearly and Effectively - How to Keep the Reader's Attention [1999]
Some principles to reduce the use of legalese when lawyers write.

How to Use Defined Terms to Make Transactional Documents Work Better [1997]
Why, when, where, and how to use defined terms in legal documents.

Cures for the Sometimes Needless Complexity of Real Estate Documents [1995]
Why legal documents have become so long and complicated, and what lawyers and their clients can do about it.

How to Prevent Mistakes in Transactional Legal Work [1994]
Principles, ideas, and guidelines on how to do your work right, based on an analysis of how it can go wrong. Common sources of ambiguity and problems in legal documents.