Many law students have re-submitted their work to us after using other proofreading companies who have given their work a light touch. We notice that other companies make fewer changes and often overlook glaring errors, such as inappropriate word choice, run-on sentences, poor signposting or clumsy and/or ambiguous sentences. This is a clear indication of their light editing and their reliance on simple grammar and spell checks.
This type of light editing and proofreading is something you can do yourself—for free—using the MS Word grammar and spelling tool. We offer a comprehensive editing and proofreading service because we detect mistakes that software and non-law academics cannot pick up. We care about your work and want to help you present your arguments in the clearest, most concise and cogent way possible.
Below are some of our editing and proofreading samples:
Don’t be Tempted!
Anyone who is fluent in English can be a proofreader, right? Well, actually, that’s quite wrong. Some people think they can proofread simply because they have strong English skills or they have a university degree. Don’t be tempted to send your LLM or PhD thesis, your essay, your research proposal, your conference abstract or your law review article to someone merely because they graduated from a university. Academic legal writing should only be proofread by a law professor, unless you only want a spell check.