Monday, March 28, 2005  Legal journal: Clarity  One reader (I
have at least two) pointed out another place to find articles on
legal writing: Clarity, the journal of the international
movement to simplify legal language. Its website is here:  I
read this journal regularly.  If you read Clarity, you'll be
seeing the cutting edge of plain legal language. Every issue is
full of stories and examples of people working to convert legal
documents into plain legal English. No aspect of legal drafting
is too inconsequential; Clarity authors tackle them all. For
example, the latest issue (November 2004) contained pieces on
these subjects:  1. The use of initial capital letters for
defined terms in a legal document. The author's position is that
we should stop doing it, especially in public documents. Richard
Castle, Definitions and Capitals: Where are We? 52 Clarity 31
(Nov. 2004).  2. The use of numerals instead of text for numbers
in all contexts--two articles (or should that be 2 articles?).
One article was criticiz