What is POFP?

Why do lawyers refer to long documents as briefs and
18-year olds as infants? Why do they use so much Latin when so few of their
clients are Ancient Romans? Is it a conspiracy?


Party of the First Part has the answers! Check out the Website for the
Legalese Hall of Shame; a glossary of legal words linked to Adam Freedman's
columns; tips on writing legal documents in plain English; and more!



Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Now Comes The Book

September 4th (today!) is the official publication day of The Party of the First Part. Already, our spies have reported seeing the book on shelves at Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side . . . So cast off your boilerplate; march into your nearest bookstore, and demand The Party of the First Part -- in plain English.
  • The Amazon page is here;
  • Barnes & Noble here;
  • Powell's books, here;
  • Also, the book will soon be available via thebillablehour.com.

ENJOY!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mine was delivered yesterday from Amazon. Review to come soon on my page. So far, I can honestly say its better than the last bit of dreck I tried to read. :)

Adam Freedman said...

Thanks for ordering the book! Glad to hear that the first few pages aren't disappointing. In recent surveys, 3 out of 4 readers choose Party of the First Part over dreck.... Enjoy!

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