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The best designs feel obvious. As a result, managers, web developers, even citizens, fail to appreciate that design isn't just common sense. Usable design is based on decades of multidisciplinary research. Having a working knowledge of recent studies can help you prioritize initiatives, justify decisions, minimize controversy, and speak with authority. In this session, we'll summarize the best recent usability research to support great design of government websites and intranets.
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common interest: How should the principles and practices of
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overarching process of HCDAgile be applied to products that
have no obvious user interface?
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our initial observations from the meeting.
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At a glance
Background: Benson & Kessler (1987) compared the perceptions of lawyers and judges
about lawyers who write using plain language versus those writing in traditional legal
language. They concluded that lawyers who write in legalese are “likely to have their
work judged as unpersuasive and substantively weak.” Further, “their professional
credentials may be judged less credible.”
Objective: We validate and extend that study to further explore how both lawyers and
non-lawyers perceive lawyers who use legal language versus plain language.
Method: 38 lawyers and 93 non-lawyers each read two short passages, presented as written by a specific lawyer. Then, readers rated the lawyer who wrote the passages on a series of characteristics, including clarity of writing, trustworthiness, pedigree, ability to win
cases, and whether they would be satisfied with that lawyer as their counsel.
Detailed findings in the deck
Conclusions
1. Even lawyers have trouble understanding lawyers. Plain language helps.
2. Lawyers agree that plain language is clearer, more specific, and more persuasive.
3. Law schools still need to teach lawyers to understand two languages: plain and legalese.
4. People--even lawyers--want their lawyers to use plain language.
References:
Robert W. Benson and Joan B. Kessler, Legalese v. Plain English: An Empirical Study of
Persuasion and Credibility in Appellate Brief Writing, 20 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 301 (1987).
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Kath Straub kath@usability.org < Fielding questions
Julie Clement julieannclement@gmail.com < Presenter
Annetta cheek alcplain@gmail.com
Sean Mahaffey Mahaffsp@mail.uc.edu
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