{"id":28588,"date":"2019-11-04T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=28588"},"modified":"2019-11-07T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T20:44:48","slug":"law-professors-author-second-edition-of-legal-writing-tome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2019\/11\/04\/law-professors-author-second-edition-of-legal-writing-tome\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Professors author second edition of legal writing tome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cameron.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18974\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\"\/><figcaption>Law Professor Catherine J. Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Law Professors Catherine J. Cameron and Lance N. Long co-authored the manual, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cap-press.com\/books\/isbn\/9781531007744\/The-Science-Behind-the-Art-of-Legal-Writing-Second-Edition\" target=\"_blank\">The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing: Second Edition<\/a><\/em>, published by Carolina Press. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNew research on topics already addressed in the first edition spurred us to write the second edition,\u201d said Long. \u201cWe also added a chapter on the science of using the passive voice and a chapter about how legal readers actually read what is written on a page or screen, which highlights recent research by Professor Cameron.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is the first comprehensive compilation of research addressing legal writing and provides a much-needed resource to legal writing professionals, according to the publisher.\u00a0The second edition updates the research in the first addition and adds chapters addressing the science of passive voice and the effect of legal training on how students read legal text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reviewer Amy Lipford wrote in the <em>Law Library Journal<\/em> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2015\/01\/30\/professors-new-book-unveils-anatomy-legal-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">first edition<\/a>, \u201cEven when incorporating the scientific elements of writing, this book is highly readable and well paced&#8230;Overall, Cameron and Long have created a book that is valuable for first-year law students and legal scholars alike. Its insights bring new life into old legal writing wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Professors Cameron and Long<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/lance_long_square.jpg\" alt=\"lance long\" class=\"wp-image-28590\" width=\"178\" height=\"206\"\/><figcaption>Law Professor Lance N. Long<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/cameron-catherine-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Catherine Cameron (opens in a new tab)\">Catherine Cameron<\/a> teaches and researches in the areas of legal writing and media law. She earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in journalism, a master&#8217;s degree in mass communications, and a law degree from the University of Florida.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/long-lance-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lance Long (opens in a new tab)\">Lance Long<\/a> &nbsp;joined Stetson after having taught legal research and writing for nine years at J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, and at the University of Oregon School of Law.&nbsp;Before teaching, he was in private practice in California and Utah in the areas of intellectual property, contract, and construction law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law Professors Catherine J. Cameron and Lance N. Long co-authored the manual, The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing: Second Edition, published by Carolina Press. \u201cNew research on topics already addressed in the first edition spurred us to write the second edition,\u201d said Long. \u201cWe also added a chapter on the science of using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383,4],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-28588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-achievements","category-faculty-in-the-news","tag-legal-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Law Professors author second edition of legal writing tome - Stetson Law News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2019\/11\/04\/law-professors-author-second-edition-of-legal-writing-tome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Law Professors author second edition of legal writing tome - Stetson Law News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Law Professors Catherine J. 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