According to Dean Honorato Aquino:

The first rule of the memorandum writer is to make it easy for the reader. That
should be your guiding principle, whatever style or form you follow. From the caption
down to the prayer stay simple. Do not make it hard for the corrector. Dont make him hate
you.

Lawyers are fond of big words. Instead of saying aver they say asseverate. We
are fond of bombast, lofty locutions, high-sounding words, pompous rhetoric. We are full of
ourselves and we tend to parade our knowledge and vocabulary at every opportunity.

In contrast, when the apostle Paul ministered to the early Christians he did not try
to impress them. In his letter (or memorandum) to the Corinthians (1 Cor 2:1) he said,
When I came to you I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to
you the testimony of God. He is the greatest teacher of the Christian Church, and yet he
spoke simply and wrote simply, using ordinary monosyllabic words.

10 rules in Writing for Official Government Documents/Correspondence:

1. Break up your discussion into bite-size paragraphs. Long paragraphs look like
long monologues and have the same effect. Drowsiness. Multiple paragraphs denote
multiplicity of ideas.

2. Stay meek and humble. In addressing the court, do not just say This court . . . .
Always say This Honorable Court . . . with a capital C.

3. In referring to the case at hand, simply say In the case at bar . . . Do not say In
the case at bench . . . as if you are a magistrate.

4. Be respectful. Present your conclusions with With all due respect . . . or It is

respectfully submitted that . . . or It is most respectfully submitted that . . .

5. Likewise, in pulverizing the opposition you will lose nothing by doing it gently.
We beg to differ . . . . We beg to disagree . . . . Harsh language will get you nowhere.

6. In your discussion keep caps to a minimum. Caps in a pleading have much the
same effect on the reader as caps in a text message. You dont want to sound as if youre
yelling at the other party.
 7. Exclamation points denote excitement. Its unprofessional to telegraph your
excitement by using exclamation points, especially double or triple exclamation points.

8. Avoid swardspeak. Do not use words like bongacious or unkabogable. You are
in the bar exam room, not in some beauty parlor.

9. With respect to questions of jurisdiction over the subject matter, do not cite the
Rules of Court. Remember that jurisdiction is substantive, not merely procedural.

10. Do not refer to the Civil Code as the New Civil Code. First, its not new at all. It
is a senior citizen. More importantly, it is not legal. Article 1 of the Civil Code expressly
provides how the code should be cited, and definitely it is not as New Civil Code.