Once Again — Why Do Lawyers Need Editors?
An excerpt from standard 401 of the ABA’s Standards for Approval of Law Schools:
The faculty shall possesses a high degree of competence, as demonstrated by its education, experience in teaching or practice, teaching effectiveness, and scholarly research and writing.
Every writer needs an editor, and lawyers are certainly no exception. Given the nature of their work, plus the potential cost of a misplaced comma, or a which that should have been a that, lawyers have a much greater need for editors than most other writers.
