NEW NLRB STYLE MANUAL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001703270030-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 29, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
National Labor Relations Board
633--0584
Memorandum
TO William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
FROM Marion C. Ladwig
Administrative Law Judge
f-] -
DATE: April 29, 1983
Because of the interest of the President in having all Government documents
and correspondence written in plain, understandable language, you may be
interested in reviewing the enclosed copy of the new NLRB Style Manual.
It provides a concise,. convenient reference tool for-use by officials,
attorneys, and other Government personnel. It contains a well-illustrated
-condensation and update of the general style part of the lengthy 548-page
GPO Style Manual. The 2000-entry Word List facilitates its use.
The manual contains rules and illustrations for good usage, and would
eliminate the prevalent use of. legalese, archaic language, wordy phrases,
needless Latin expressions, and the excessive use of footnotes.
It would shorten and simplify the language in decisions, briefs, and other
legal writing, making them more readable. As an example, it contains a model
decision that reduces the length of an NLRB decision in a summary judgment
case from 14 to 7 pages---a saving of 50 percent.
In the 8-page Rules of Citation, the style manual simplifies the-complex
citation rules in the Harvard Law Review Association, 238-page "blue book."
In addition, it adopts a standardized, shortened method of citing case names
by using running heads (already being used by the U.S. Supreme Court in
citing its own decisions). It includes authoritative lists of national
unions for citing unions by popular name.
As indicated in the enclosed memorandum from the Administrative Conference
of the United States to many of the Agencies and Departments, the Government
Printing Office will later sell the manual to private attorneys and the
public in a.handsome, loose-leaf binder (on heavy bond paper with permanent
tabs and sheet lifters) for about $12. It was sent to the GPO today..
If you believe it would be a useful guide and reference tool for your staff,
the manual may now be ordered (GPO Jacket No. 405--426) by submitting Form
SF--l to the Government Printing Office to "ride the requisition" at the same
price (about $3.50) being paid by the NLRB. The deadline is May 20.
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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
2120 L STREET, N.W. SUITE 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037
[phone]
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
MEMORANDUM
TO: Agency General Counsels
Agency Chief Administrative Law Judges
FROM: Jeffrey LubbpSs,LResearch Director of the Administrative Conference
The National Labor Relations Board has adopted a new style manual designed to
set a high standard for improved legal writing in Board documents. As part of the
Administrative Conference's mandate to facilitate interagency exchange of information,
I am enclosing a copy. -
The NLRB Style Manual was designed primarily for use by attorneys and judges. It
encourages the use of concise, plain English without legalese, and provides rules and
examples of good legal writing. It also adopts a standardized shorter method of case-
name citation through the use of running heads (which is already being used by the United
States Supreme Court for citing its own decisions). Widespread use of the new citation
system by government and private attorneys and by the Federal courts would help to
eliminate confusion in case citations and to achieve uniformity.
The manual will be published by the Government Printing Office, in a handsome,
loose-leaf binder, and will be sold to private attorneys and the public for about $12.
However, the NLRB is now ordering, for about $3.50 each, sufficient copies for use by its
attorneys, judges, and their secretaries, and for presentation to all judges of the United
States Courts of Appeals.
If your agency desires to order copies now, at the low price of approximately
$3.50, for use as a guide and reference tool by your staff, you should advise your printing
officer to "ride the requisition" by submitting Form SF-1 to the Government Printing
Office.