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Legal Purposes
An overview of legal writing provides a good orientation to the possibilities.
"Barger on Legal Writing" is a nice resource for writing, research and advocacy for students of law.
"Legal Writing in Plain English" contains many exercises related to this topic.
"The Legal Writing Teaching Assistant" is a nicely developed site that steps the reader through "The Law Student's Guide to Good Writing."

Contracts
The Burry Man's Writer's Center contains many examples of contracts in its "Business Writing" section
Professionalism in Writing Wills and Contracts -- an interesting article written by a lawyer about writing (not considered legal advice!)

Legislation
A Fact Sheet on Writing and Enacting Tax Legislation -- This is an educational document from the U.S. Treasury.
"Writing to Legislative Representatives" is one way to have one's voice heard; this site explains process and procedures.
A comprehensive document in Microsoft Word document format explains the details relating to Writing and Submitting Legislation.

Contracts
Home Improvement is more than a former TV show; it is an important topic that should be addressed by contracts; this site can help.
References to Model Contracts can be helpful and this resource has several.

Business Plans
Letters are oftentimes the tool that enables success; the Letter Writing Desk provides essentials for business and employmenrt letters.
Resume writing involves specific tips when being posted online; this list will help.

Product Descriptions
Writing product descriptions requires careful selection of wording and presuasive writing; this resource addresses this nicely.

Instructions
Technical writing as a career involves writing in a specific manner and style; this site frames the task.
Writing instructions is very important; this site includes a nice self-quiz to prioritize the contents of instructions.
Specific methods and steps in writing instructions in addition to appropriate content make an important difference in writing instructions; this site can help!
For the educators among us, the Educate The Children site has lesson plans about instructions as well as many downloadable activity sheets of instructions.