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Article: Lower-Literacy Users: Writing for a Broad Consumer Audience (Nielsen 2005)

Article: Lower-Literacy Users: Writing for a Broad Consumer Audience (Nielsen 2005)

The article,  Lower-Literacy Users: Writing for a Broad Consumer Audience, is about the research on lower-literacy usability of documents or texts on websites. It tackles the characteristics of lower-literarcy users, ways to improve usability for lower-li ...

Article: Legal Writing 201: 30 Suggestions to Improve Readability (Painter 2002)

Article: Legal Writing 201: 30 Suggestions to Improve Readability (Painter 2002)

This articles cites several suggestions on how to make legal documents clearer and easier to read. It is available at  https://www.1215.org/lawnotes/misc/how-to-write-for-judges.pdf. Plain Language United States Legal Writing 201 30 Suggestions to Improve ...

Article: A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing (Kimble 2000)

Article: A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing (Kimble 2000)

The author of A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing, Joseph Kimble, cited some ways to improve the readabilty of legal documents. Plain Language United States Joseph Kimble 2000 ...

Article: Appellate Practice — Including Legal Writing from a Judge’s Perspective (Painter 2000)

Article: Appellate Practice — Including Legal Writing from a Judge’s Perspective (Painter 2000)

The article, Appellate Practice–Including Legal Writing From a Judge's Perspective, is mainly about the important attributes of briefs to help in persuading a court. Plain Language United States Mark P. Painter 2000 ...

Webinar: Website Content Tips (Bay Area Legal Services 2018)

Webinar: Website Content Tips (Bay Area Legal Services 2018)

This 2018 Webinar, supported by a Technology Initiative Grant from the Legal Services Corporation to Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., will focus on creating effective legal self-help content using plain language, SEO, and social media strategies. For more i ...

News: Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Uses SRLN Maps for Statewide Strategic Planning (Illinois Supreme Court 2017)

News: Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Uses SRLN Maps for Statewide Strategic Planning (Illinois Supreme Court 2017)

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has started using the SRLN demographics maps for presentations to circuit clerks, circuit court judges, civil legal aid and pro bono practitioners. “The maps helped provide context for why access ...

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Audit Tools for Your Documents (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Audit Tools for Your Documents (SRLN 2015)

Here are various resources to help test your documents: This article from the  NWT Literacy Council  in Canada tackles what is a plain language audit, who should do a plain language audit, why should you do a plain language audit, and how do you do a plai ...

Report: Can Translation Software Help Legal Services Agencies Deliver Legal Information More Effectively in Foreign Languages and Plain English? (Hineline & Hogue 2013)

Report: Can Translation Software Help Legal Services Agencies Deliver Legal Information More Effectively in Foreign Languages and Plain English? (Hineline & Hogue 2013)

This report investigates the current and possible uses of translation tools, including fully-automated machine translation and a somewhat different translation technology, translation memory. Translation memory re-uses whole phrases that an expert has pre ...

Report: A Comparative Readability Study of Plain Language Court Forms (Mindlin 2012)

Report: A Comparative Readability Study of Plain Language Court Forms (Mindlin 2012)

This article presents the results from the first quantitative readability study of plain language court forms in the United States. Sixty citizens on a jury panel were selected to respond to brief questionnaires that tested relative comprehension of plain ...

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Examples from the Community (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Examples from the Community (SRLN 2015)

This page contains sample Plain Language materials which are available for download.  Sample Plain Language Materials: Plain Language Help for Victims of DV Flye (Transcend) Plain Language Help for Victims of DV Cartoo (Transcend) Plain Language Holiday S ...