WordRake
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Software that helps you write and edit for clarity and brevity -- right in Microsoft Word and Outlook. Created by lawyer and writing expert Gary Kinder.
Seattle, WA
Joined October 2012
“Where WordRake really shines is taking a piece of legal writing and helping you to make it clearer or more concise.” Legal tech expert Ben Schorr looks at WordRake and Copilot for drafting and editing legal documents in this post:
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Is your editor judging you? Nope! “I have never been a good copy editor! People sometimes say they’re embarrassed to email me because of grammar or spelling mistakes, even typos, and I never see them.” Writing and editing coach Daphne Gray-Grant explains:
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Educator and author Erin Lebacqz isn’t afraid of errors or feedback—she thrives on making her writing more accessible to her readers. Check out her interview as part of our expert editor series.
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“I’ll offer one fundamental, yet oft-forgotten, truth: Writing more concise sentences means that you can write more sentences.” Proposal manager Kyle Morse lays out the importance of brevity in proposal writing:
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Writing coach Erin Lebacqz brings her joyful brand of positivity and humor to everything she does. Check out her interview on editing and writing, and how she thinks about communicating with her reader.
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WordRake? Copilot? Both? Neither? With all the tech tools available, how do you know which to choose, and what to use them for? Legal tech expert Ben Schorr looks at the pros and cons of each and shares his analysis here:
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Legal writing is the backbone of legal work—so don’t rush through it! Professor Mark Cooney describes how judges are writing scathing responses to incoherent documents—and even dismissing claims outright!
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Have you upgraded to WordRake 5.2? It’s got the same great, secure editing algorithms you can trust, but works at twice the speed. Don’t wait: get WordRake 5.2 today!
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We’ve reached out to editing experts from all different fields and walks of life to bring you a new expert interview series! First up: Daphne Gray-Grant, who was born to edit. Check out her interview here:
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Subject matter expert insisting their jargon is the only way? Maybe you need a new way to explain your plain language edits. Leslie O’Flahavan offers tips that editors can use in this blog post:
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“Expert writers revise strategically. They bring a mental checklist or set of purposeful questions to the revision process.” Ivy Grey shares how novice legal writers can learn to ask the right questions as they revise:
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“While AI can produce grammatically correct and syntactically fluent text, it does not engage in the intellectual labor that defines important writing, which means that something will always be missing, no matter how fluent the output may sound.” See more:
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Judges are returning scathing reviews of poor legal writing, and the details are worth a read! Professor Mark Cooney previews his book in collaboration with Professor Diana Simon in his newest blog post.
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“Copilot… can help make your text more readable, but it doesn’t really understand how certain words may have specific meanings in a legal context.” Legal tech expert Ben Schorr investigates the best way to edit legal documents with today’s tools:
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We’ve all heard stories about lawyers getting in trouble for misuse of GenAI, but is there an ethical way to use this powerful tool? Explore the specific ethical rules at play and what that means for your use of GenAI in this comprehensive white paper:
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“GenAI brings powerful new possibilities to the legal profession—and serious new risks.” And it’s a lawyer’s ethical duty to understand every tool they use. Ivy Grey looks at the applicable model rules and what you need to do about them:
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“WordRake’s technical improvements allow it to offer more edits per sentence and expands the addressable distance between complex noun phrases and their verbs.” Learn about how version 5.1 improves punctuation and grammar edits.
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Consider your audience: plain language isn’t just about simplifying, it’s about writing on an appropriate level for your target audience. Professor and author Russell Willerton explains why audience matters:
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Our team had fun being piratey at #ILTACON2025 last night! Come visit Hana Zumout, and Ivy Grey today and see what the newest WordRake updates have to offer!
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“Seeing what doesn’t work forces writers to grapple with their goals, ultimately clarifying what matters.” Experiment with the negative draft as Ivy Grey guides you through the writing process in this post:
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