Get your SAMPLE 1L MEMO here—with NO shenanigans
📣 Get your SAMPLE 1L MEMO here—with NO shenanigans (—even though I said I’d…
Dear 1L, Pretend your professor knows NOTHING about your Memo.
Dear 1L, Pretend your professor knows NOTHING about your Memo. —She doesn’t know any…
Dear Legal Writer, I turn to these five books so often that I need them no matter where I am.
Dear Legal Writer, I turn to these five books so often that I need…
Dear 1L, I bombed my 1L fall memo.
Dear 1L, I bombed my 1L fall memo. My task was to analyze whether a…
Dear 1L, I got a 35 on my Contracts midterm.
Dear 1L, I got a 35 on my Contracts midterm. (35 out of 100.)…
- 2025 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear 1L, Commas + periods go INSIDE the quotes in legal writing.
Dear 1L, Commas + periods go INSIDE the quotes in legal writing. Here’s a…
Dear 1L, There’s a right way and a wrong way to reach out to a lawyer for networking on LinkedIn.
Dear 1L, There’s a right way and a wrong way to reach out to…
Dear Legal Writer, The phrase, “assuming arguendo,”has become a big, bad NO-NO.
Dear Legal Writer, The phrase, “assuming arguendo,”has become a big, bad NO-NO.It’s Latin.It’s legalese.And…
12+ ways to get better at legal writing—
12+ ways to get better at legal writing— Dear legal writer, Legal writing is…
When I was 24, I was single, broke, and childless.
When I was 24, I was single, broke, and childless. —All I said to…
Dear Legal Writer, Stop using “would” before your verbs.
Dear Legal Writer, Stop using “would” before your verbs. The word “would” wreaks special…
If you want sexy work, get good at grunt work.”
“If you want sexy work, get good at grunt work.” Starting in Big Law?…