This month's column is about a niche-but important-issue that comes up quite a bit in legal writing: how to end one section of a larger piece of writing. Let's say you're drafting a motion or a brief with multiple sections and subsections, like this:
I. Section I
A. Subsection A
B. Subsection B
C. Subsection C
II. Section II
Often, you'll want to have some sentences after Subsection C that summarize or tie together the other sub- sections from Section I. For example, if Section I is about a particular cause of action, and each subsection addresses a different element, you may want to have a paragraph that recaps and explains that all the elements are met. But how do you do that, from an organizational standpoint?
Citation
Joe Fore, Ending a Section with Style, 71 Virginia Lawyer 54 (April, 2023).