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A primary complaint about lawyers by clients today is that lawyers tend to use language in
contracts and other documents that only lawyers understand. Ms. Conway’s undergraduate
degree is in English, with a specialization in technical writing. She uses this special knowledge
in drafting legal documents to make them understandable by all persons. The Securities and
Exchange Commission has begun mandating “plain English” in many documents that must be
filed with it, and many people believe the SEC will mandate “plain English” in all SEC-required
filings in the near future. While some words have specific, specialized meanings and are helpful
from a legal aspect to have in your documents (for example, the term “consideration” in a
contract), other “lawyer” words like “herein,” “whereas,” and “said” are completely unnecessary
and Ms. Conway never includes the latter word types in any documents she prepares. Ms.
Conway firmly believes that her clients should be able to understand the documents that she
prepares and she makes every effort to accomplish this goal.
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