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May 10, 2008

Writing About Legal Topics for Non-Lawyers

Brandt Goldstein, Lost in translation? Some brief notes on writing about law for the layperson. 52 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 373-385 (2007-08). This article provides an overview of the issues that arising when writing about legal topics for a non-legal audience--which, of course, is what many bloggers do. This article doesn't break a ton of new ground, but it provides an interesting contrast between the issues faced by mainstream journalists and legal bloggers.

Posted by Eric at May 10, 2008 09:01 PM | Blogosphere Issues , Legal Industry

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