Carolina Academic Press
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Carolina Academic Press (also known as CAP) is an
History
Keith Sipe founded Carolina Academic Press in 1974. Sipe began publishing after living in Pakistan on a
In 1978, Carolina Academic Press published Plain English for Lawyers by Richard Wydick. Arriving at a time when the plain English reform movement was reaching national popularity, the book soon became what The New York Times called the "most popular legal text today."[2] The book's success spurred the firm to enter the legal publishing field.
On January 1, 2016, Carolina Academic Press acquired the Law School Publishing Division of LexisNexis. This acquisition added more than 500 new titles to the CAP list.[citation needed]
The firm has its headquarters in the historic Fitzgerald office building near downtown Durham.
References
- ^ "Core Grammar for Lawyers 4th ed. :: Login". www.coregrammarforlawyers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ^ Goldstein, Tom (February 19, 1988). "The Law; Drive for Plain English Gains Among Lawyers". The New York Times.