The State Bar of Michigan has announced winners of the Spring 2000 Clarity Awards. The awards are sponsored by the State Bar of Michigan's Plain English Committee and are given to promote legal documents that are written in plain English, without legalese. The winners of the Spring 2000 Clarity awards include the Michigan Townships Association, Legislative Services Bureau, Department of the Attorney General, Comerica Bank and several private practitioners. The winning entries came from three categories: Laws, Lawsuit Papers, and Contracts.

Winners in the Laws category include:
• Resolution on Land Use, adopted by the Michigan Townships Association written by Pat McAvoy, Director of Legislative Affairs;
• Statute 1999 PA 94, Michigan Merit Award Scholarship Act by Dale Mattis;
• Rule R 408.41006a, Employer Responsibilities for Lifting and Digging Equipment by Connie Munschy, Bureau of Safety and Regulation; and
• Attorney General Opinion No. 7016, Appropriation of County Funds to Private Organization for Senior Citizen Services by Jennifer Granholm and Assistant Attorney General Treva Truesdale.

Winners in the Lawsuit category include:
• The formbook Michigan Civil Procedure, published by the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and edited by Kathleen Lang, Hon. Susan Bieke-Neilson, Hon. Robert Young, Jr. and Kay Holsinger;
• Answer and Affirmative Defenses in Oley v Monroe County Library System by Bruce Laidlaw and Frederick Lucas; and
• Judgment of Divorce form used by Peter Katz. Winners in the Contracts category include:
• Credit Card Agreement of Comerica Bank by Patricia Fancy, First Vice President, Legal Department; and
• How to Draft and Interpret Insurance Policies by Kenneth S. Wollner.