The Lawyer's Personal Brand · glossary
Writing what a clause does, to whom and in what order, in words the reader could repeat. The figures, the clause numbers and the order stay exact. Plain is not simple: simple drops things, while plain drops only what the reader cannot use. File 3.2 · Chapter 4 · see Board test, Jargon
Explained in Chapter 4, Speak Like a Human, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.
A client does not need the name of a clause, only its effect: what happens, to whom, and in what order. Plain language means writing that effect in words the client could repeat, with the clause number in brackets at the end. The reader who wants the clause can find it, and the reader who does not is not stopped by it. This chapter follows one email that got this wrong, and the rewrite that went to a board unchanged.Read Chapter 4, Speak Like a Human →
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