(Photo courtesy of WMU-Cooley Law School)
WASHINGTON D.C.: Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Kimble Center for Legal Drafting has been honored with a 2021 ClearMark Award by the Center for Plain Language.
The recognition is for the Kimble Center’s first public document – a medical-power-of-attorney form.
The Kimble Center released the document last June. It is an easy-to-use form for naming someone to be a medical agent in Michigan. Available for download on the Center’s website, it can be filled out online and read by a screen reader. The form has received the WriteMark Plus quality mark from Write Limited, based in New Zealand.
The judges commented the medical power of attorney “is a wonderful example of making legal text accessible.” They went on to say “the writers conducted several different kinds of user testing, including with health professionals and typical lay users. They also benefited from input from the Center’s international board members and PL (plain language) experts in New
Zealand. The effort shines through. It’s an exemplary piece, worthy of being winner in its category."
This year’s awards were presented at the virtual Access for All Conference, sponsored by the Center and two international organizations – Clarity and the Plain Language Association International. The Center has held the ClearMark Awards since 2010. The Kimble Center was created by WMU-Cooley Law School in 2018. It was named after Professor Kimble, who
taught legal writing and drafting at the school for more than 30 years. Professor Mark Cooney is the executive director.
The Kimble Center has a public-service mission: produce high-quality, user-friendly documents and make them available on its website, and occasionally offer free writing and drafting seminars for lawyers, paralegals, and law students.
More information can be found at Cooley.edu by searching Kimble Center.
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