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Re: Technical writing in the legal field

Subject: Re: Technical writing in the legal field
From: Lisa Wright <lisawright -at- mail -dot- utexas -dot- edu>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:28:11 -0500


I haven't gone through and read all these responses yet, but just to clarify, I did actually know a technical writer who worked in the legal arena. We have unfortunately lost touch, hence my question to the list. So yes, such a thing does exist, as other people have noted.

Lisa

David Neeley wrote:

I am not aware that there is a "technical writing" job in the legal
field, although I suppose an equivalent might be a paralegal.

However, few paralegals do any real writing. Most of them work with
"canned" verbiage written by lawyers, most of whom are not very good
writers themselves. Other tasks they may perform involve legal
research.

Should anyone know any different, I would be very interested to hear
of it. It is true that I have not practiced law for many years now,
and perhaps some of these practices may have changed that I am not
aware of.

David

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References:
Technical writing in the legal field: From: Lisa Wright
Re: Technical writing in the legal field: From: David Neeley

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