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Clarity will soon share an index covering every issue of The Clarity Journal. The index goes back to the first journal in 1983, when it was simply a newsletter called Clarity. This index will be an exceptional resource for the plain-language community. Articles will be indexed by author, title, and subject. An expert indexer has been working on this project for some time. We can’t wait […]

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In this issue : Access to justice requires plain language Do you understand your rights? Lawyers would like to write clearly, they just don’t have time Clarity in books on financial law: An author’s view Access to justice — “I did it my way” The value of plain language jury instructions in faciliating access to […]

Professor Cheryl Thomas, Professor of Judicial Studies at University College London, will tell us about her research into jurors’ understanding of the instructions judges give them. Her 2010 study, ‘Are Juries Fair?‘, found that when judges provide written directions on the law to jurors this helps jurors better understand how specific legal terms are used […]

Clarity member Alan Blanchard is the editorial team leader at the Financial Conduct Authority. He and his team publish the FCA Handbook, a massive work whose contents regulate much of the financial services industry in the UK. In 2014 the FCA launched a project to make FCA communications more constructive, consistent, concise, clear and compelling. […]

Become a member to have privileged access to The Clarity Journal 81 and 82. Some taste of the contents : The value of plain language jury instructions in facilitating access to justice (accessible to non-members!) Challenging resistance to plain language in law Usability testing results for legal icons Northwest Justice Project – a case study […]

Managing Director Words and Beyond (Australia) Christopher is a sea-kayaker, a former lawyer, a past- president of Clarity, a plain-language advocate and practitioner, and chair of the International Plain Language Federation’s Standard’s Committee. He founded (and sold) Cleardocs. com and founded, and is the Managing Director of, Words and Beyond.

Learn about plain language Learn what is plain language, what it is not, the benefits of plain language and some guidance on how to implement plain language in your organisation. Find out more A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure and design are so clear that the intended audience can easily find […]

In this issue : The contribution of design thinking to improve communications (accessible to non-members) Rights under British Columbia’s Mental Health Act: Co-designing mental health rights information with patients Does plain language only benefit the higher literate? Avoiding the Matthew-effect in plain language revisions (accessible to non-members) Accelerating the shift to plain language within financial […]

Over 500 people attended Clarity’s Montreal conference on 25-27 October 2018, hosted by Educaloi. The theme for Clarity 2018 was Plain Language in Modern Times. For more information : https://educaloi.qc.ca/en/press-releases/educaloi-is-hosting-an-international-conference-in-montreal-on-plain-language-in-law/