1. Resources by by Judge Gerald Lebovits (an adjunct professor at New York Law School and two other law schools):
Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation — Part I
This three-part series addresses periods, question marks, exclamation points, colons, semicolons, parentheses, brackets, commas, hyphens, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes, slashes, ellipses, and accent marks.
Punctuation refers to symbols that organize and give structure to writing. Punctuation lets you change the inflection of your voice and give meaning to
your words.
Punctuation helps speed up or slow down language.
Punctuation lets writers emphasize some words and de-emphasize others.
Good punctuation makes you feel, hear, and understand language. Bad punctuation is confusing and off-putting.
Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation — Part II
Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation — Part III
2. Infographics (click the graphic to view or download the full infographics)
The Ultimate Flowchart To Using Apostrophes
How To Use Quotation Marks and Punctuation
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