The Lawyer's Personal Brand · glossary
The profession’s words, used on people who do not share them. Lawyers use it because it is accurate, fast and feels like armour, but to a client it reads like a locked door. The fix is the effect in plain words, with the clause number in brackets. Chapter 4 · see Plain language, Board test
Explained in Chapter 4, Speak Like a Human, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.
Nobody writes “subject to the foregoing” to be unkind. Jargon is the profession's words, used on people who do not share them.Read Chapter 4, Speak Like a Human →
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