For this assignment, you choose a legal document of no more than five pages (and no shorter than two pages) and revise it based on plain language guidelines--particularly in the context of the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and the discussions in Schiess' Writing for the Legal Audience. I need to approve your document choice before you can begin work on it. Proponents of plain language argue that documents created using plain language techniques are effective in a number of ways:

• Readers understand documents better.
• Readers appear to prefer plain language.
• Readers locate information faster.
• Documents are easier to update.
• It is easier to train people.
• Documents are more cost effective. Your revision of the document should succeed in making the document accessible, based on the guidelines provided. The document you choose is entirely up to you, but I need to approve it, at least two weeks before you begin work on it. Be sure to submit both the document and the revisions. Here are other relevant resources you should consult for your revision:
• Defining plain language: Revisiting Plain LanguageLinks to an external site.
• The impact of the Plain Writing Act 2010 on technical communicators: At the Intersection of Plain Language and Technical Communication - (stc.org)Links to an external site.
• Federal plain language guidelines: Federal plain language guidelinesLinks to an external site.
• Guidelines for revising plain language document: Using Plain Language - Atlas of Public Management (atlas101.ca)Links to an external site.
• Plain language exercises: The Worst Writing In the Federal Government Gets Failing Grade | TIME.comLinks to an external site.
• Plain language in federal government departments: 'Rigorously disentangle' and other examples of bad federal writing - The Washington PostLinks to an external site.
• Plain language handbook: A Plain English Handbook (sec.gov)Links to an external site.