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Undergraduate Legal Writing: an Open Resource
  • Undergraduate Legal Writing: an Open Resource (version 2)
  • Getting Started
    • Course Overview
    • Succeeding in Legal Writing
    • The Legal Reader
  • Essential Concepts and Skills
    • Sources of Law and Court Systems
    • How to Read Case Opinions
    • Briefing Cases
    • Rule-Based Writing and CREAC
    • Rule-Based Writing and CREAC, adding Analogies
    • Legal Citation: Basic Concepts and Moves
  • Advice and Examples
    • Predictive Memoranda
    • Client Letters
    • Mediation Statements
    • Motions
  • References
    • References
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  1. Advice and Examples

Client Letters

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Last updated 6 months ago

Wayne Schiess offers excellent advice about writing to your client:

The Writing Center at Georgetown University Law Center offers some excellent advice as well:

Example of Client Letter

Below is an example of a client letter. The lawyer is advising the client about a citation the client got for violating the Alcoholic Beverage Code of the fictional state of Freedonia.

In light of the two articles above, read this example and be ready to comment on it in light of the principles of writing to your client.

Example Client Letter: Burger Galaxy