Dear Legal Writer: “Since” is a bad word in legal writing. Don’t use it to mean “because.”
Dear Legal Writer: “Since” is a bad word in legal writing. Don’t use it…
Dear Legal Writer: “Since” is a bad word in legal writing. Don’t use it…
For most of my life, I avoided “affect” as a verb. I would use…
Dear Legal Writer: Every year in BigLaw (except perhaps 2009), there was a fresh…
Dear Legal Writer: It’s a mistake to short shrift your Table of Contents (TOC)….
For 20 years in BigLaw, I worked on every vacation I ever took. During…
Dear Legal Writer, Follow this comma guide to help you write clear, correct prose:…
Please stop referring to the “company” as “they.” The “company” is an “it,” not…
Dear Legal Writer: If I told you to minimize “expletives” in your legal writing…
Dear Legal Writer: Put a period or comma INSIDE the ending quotation marks, regardless…
Dear 1L, Too many of you are capitalizing the word “court” when you shouldn’t,…
Dear Legal Writer: Be careful with the word “find.” In fact, if you’re writing…
Dear Legal Writer: “Making Your Case” by Bryan Garner and Justice AntoninScalia Dear Legal…