Law students: help with papers, first-year legal writing assignments. (Flatiron)
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Law students: are you frustrated by first-year writing assignments?
-- Not sure what's in a "motion for summary judgment"?
-- Unclear on the differences between (i) a memo to a senior lawyer, explaining the current law on some discrete issue, and (ii) an appellate brief, arguing that the court below misapplied that law?
-- What is this "Bluebook"?
-- And why do we italicize all those Latin words?
Or are you a third-year student with a paper due in an elective -- interesting in the course catalog ("Dog Law: Beyond the One-Bite Rule"), but deadly dull IRL? You've skipped most class meetings, since there's no final exam -- but now you have a 15-25 page paper to write. The professor wants it to look like a law review note, with footnotes and Bluebook citation. You have exams in other classes, so something has to give.
Contact Gram at gramproofing@gmail.com@gmail.com. I was a corporate bankruptcy lawyer and litigator for two decades, but no longer practice law. For the last ten years, I've worked with undergraduates, grad students and law students -- editing and revising their essays, assignments and personal statements, but also helping them improve as writers.
I proofread and edit your work, focusing on organization, sentence structure, grammar and word choice. I spot, and fix, law students' most common writing problems. I'll turn your first draft into a lively, polished product -- with perfect spelling, grammar and punctuation, as well as proper legal citation.
If your project has an upper word limit, I'll trim the excess, and get you under the maximum. I cut fat, not muscle, so your points come through clearly and forcefully.
I also edit and help rewrite student journal notes. (Only in the law is a 30-page article, with arcane footnotes, called a "note.") It's useful to have another pair of eyes before you submit the 2nd, 3rd or 4th draft to journal editors for their comments. I'll figure out what you actually meant to say in your note, and then (re)write it with grace and concision.
Price? Well, as you will be telling your own clients soon enough, "You get what you pay for." I'm not cheap, but my experience, close attention to detail and quick turnaround time are worth the cost. And I keep all client contact strictly confidential. (Once a lawyer, always a lawyer.)
So if legal writing, for class or journals, gives you that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach -- like Charlie Brown at the spelling bee when he misspelled "beagle" -- email me at gramproofing@gmail.com, with your contact info and a brief description of your project (make sure you include your exact due date: VERY IMPORTANT). I'll get back to you promptly.