Avoid Expletives in Legal Writing
Dear Legal Writer: If I told you to minimize “expletives” in your legal writing…
Dear Legal Writer: Punctuation with Quotations
Dear Legal Writer: Put a period or comma INSIDE the ending quotation marks, regardless…
Dear 1L: Learn When to Capitalize “Court”
Dear 1L, Too many of you are capitalizing the word “court” when you shouldn’t,…
Dear Legal Writer: Be careful of the word “find” in legal writing
Dear Legal Writer: Be careful with the word “find.” In fact, if you’re writing…
For February Bar Exam Takers
This post is for those taking the February bar exam.I had to take 3…
Dear 1L: This is My “Office”
These days, it’s easy to get blue. Another winter Sunday,In the library, you will…
Dear 1L: Advice on Job Interview Questions to Ask in Interviews for Your 1L
Summer Internship
Dear 1L, The best interview advice I ever received was to ask the type…
Dear 1L: Summary Judgment Primer & Sample Phrases
Many of you are writing summary judgment briefs under Rule 56 this spring. Yet…
Dear Legal Writer: “Making Your Case” by Bryan Garner and Justice Antonin
Scalia
Dear Legal Writer: “Making Your Case” by Bryan Garner and Justice AntoninScalia Dear Legal…
Dear 1L: Networking to Build a Book of Business in BigLaw
If you work your way up through the BigLaw associate ranks like I did,…
Dear 1L: How to Find the Best Briefs to Use as Models for the 1L Brief
Dear 1L, When you have to write -the kind of brief you’ve never written…