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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean by great writer? A novelist, or just someone who is able to write a grammatically correct email, Power Point presentation, or business plan?  IMO, the best way to become a good writer is to read a lot. [/quote]

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Yes, fair question.....

[b]DC, a HS junior, wants to pursue a career in law or business.  So in that sense.[/b][/quote]

Such a silly question for someone interested in law or business.  If you want to pursue a career in law, get top grades in a good school and score well on the LSAT while majoring in whatever you want.  If writing is a big deal to you, major in English or philosophy.  If you want a career in business, go to a school with a good B-school.[/quote]

No, not a silly question.  [b]Being a good writer as an attorney is a must.[/b]  Being a great writer as an attorney puts you head and shoulders above.  Anything that puts you in that second category is a HUGE plus.

And being a great writer in business, coupled with very good quantitative skills, makes you stratospheric.[/quote]

Being a good LEGAL writer is a must.  There are plenty of generically good writers who can't write like lawyers to save their lives.  You need to understand the difference.[/quote]

The question is can  being a good writer helps you to be a good legal writer?[/quote]
Yes, obviously. Legal writing is not that hard, IMO. You're quoting a lot of case law and rules to prove your argument. [/quote]

[b]the only undergraduate class that really helped me in this regard was symbolic logic[/b] because it made me thing about the structure of arguments. Law schools have writing classes and legal writing really doesn't have too much in common with writing for a history or [b]philosophy class[/b]. I think if you wrote a history paper in the same format as a legal memo you'd probably get an F [/quote]

Symbolic logic is a philosophy class.  Writing philosophy papers is definition good preparation for legal writing.

http://www.nationaljurist.com/prelaw/classics-philosophy-majors-do-best-when-it-comes-getting-law-school#:~:text=Economics%20and%20philosophy%20majors%20had%20higher%20LSAT%20scores%20and%20GPAs%20overall.&text=Philosophy%20majors%20scored%20sixth%20best,of%20data%20provided%20by%20Muller.

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/resmgr/Data_on_Profession/Philosophy_performance_on_LS.pdf[/quote]

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