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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/

Published in The Clarity Journal 79 – 2018 The Plain Language Working Group is born – and gets to work The journey towards this options paper began at the 2007 PLAIN conference in Amsterdam. Three plain language organizations were considering issues, such as whether we should establish international standards for plain language, and what exactly […]

In this issue : Helping legal writers embrace their inner Salieri: Re-vision is just “seeing again”, Plain-language writing-training course: A challenge, an ambition, and a method in five steps, Strategies for clarity in legal writing, “Plain language”: Practical tips for how to make it not so plain, “Plain language”: Practical tips for how to make […]

In this issue : Clarity 2012 opening address The story of “shall”: a parable of plain language Reflections of a plain-language legislative drafter Plain language in the financial world The IC clear project Plain language and the role of the visual Plain language laws in Australia Plain language laws in the Netherlands The US Plain […]

Author : Michele M. Asprey “The idea that lawyers can – and should – write in plain language is not new. There have always been plain language lawyers. There just aren’t enough of them. The plain language movement in Australia has been with us for decades. Plain language has been taught in law schools in Australia […]

Published in The Clarity Journal 62 – 2009 Dr Robert Eagleson Down the centuries, lawyers have regularly been the butt of criticism and cruel jokes be- cause of the convoluted way they write. From certain perspectives these unfavourable judgements are appropriate and fair; yet, in over 30 years experience working closely with lawyers, I have […]

In this issue : Plain language—(literally) halfway around the world from Cincinnati Construction contract administration— an approach on clarity ‘And yet it moves’: recent developments in plain legal English in the UK Stepping stones to plain English An arbitration agreement designed not to be read, written not to be understood The Texas pattern jury charges […]

In this issue : The building blocks on Wessel’s website: the Amsterdam challenge Setting the standard: some steps toward a plain language profession Strong, cautious support: Clarity’s position on standards and accreditation International plain language standards— the view from the Center for Plain Language Writing by numbers: are readability formulas to clarity what karaoke is […]

In this issue : Master class in English, for Clarity’s conference in Boulogne: writing the law in plain language— three versions Instructionsfor Queues Bill Queues Bill 2005 Commentary and Queues Bill 2005 Queues Bill 2005 Drafting master classes: plain languagestyles are not consistent Introduction to theinternationalroundtable at the Fifth Plain Language Association INternational(PLAIN)Conference Plain language […]