Editing and Proofreading Quality

We strongly believe that simply being a native English speaker is not a qualification for editing and proofreading a piece of legal writing, such as an LLM, SJD or PhD thesis. Therefore, we do not employ just any native English speaker to edit your thesis.

Our editing and proofreading services are in line with today’s academic standards and we are well aware of what your examiners are looking for when examining your thesis. To ensure high academic standards are in place we only hire law academics to edit and proofread all submissions.

Most proofreaders focus on correcting obvious spelling and grammatical errors in your work. However, they may need to be more familiar with your specific terminology and might overlook incorrect word choices. They aim to complete your document as quickly and efficiently as possible. Even if they return your work to you promptly, they may still need to do a thorough job.

We have discovered that, on average, most documents we receive contain at least 20 errors per page. Editing and proofreading a thesis of 60,000 to 100,000 words can take a law professor at least 5 days. Choose our Comprehensive Editing and Proofreading service to ensure your work meets the highest academic and publishing standards. We are dedicated to making your thesis shine and ensuring it stands out in the academic community.

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.

Most certainly, the decision made by your supervisors as to whether to go forward to oral examination or not will be based on a range of factors, including your arguments, use of terminology, correct referencing, appropriate language, legal analysis and legal research. The quality of each of these factors can only be reviewed by a law academic. We are the only editing and proofreading business that guarantees your work will be reviewed by law professors.