2024 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
Dear Summer Associate – Law Firm Terminology
It’s hard to feel comfortable working at a law firm when the attorneys say…
2024 | Dear 1L | Legal Writing
New Book for Rising 1Ls
Dear Rising 1L, I’m so excited to tell you about a new book meant…
Three Blind Mice
Dear Legal Writer, The style of these three sentences should look familiar. It’s how…
Pet Peeve Alert: “Plethora”
Dear Legal Writer, I’ve been seeing “plethora” used inappropriately in WAY too many LinkedIn…
2024 | Dear 1L | Dear 2L | Legal Writing
Reflections From My Time as a Paralegal
I was a paralegal at a 175-lawyer Boston firm for 2 years before law…
Jay Harrington
Dear Legal Writer, So much of what I’ve learned can be traced back to…
2024 | Dear 1L | Dear 2L | Legal Writing
My “Harry Potter” Scar
When I was 3 years old, a drunk taxi driver ran a stop sign…
Don’t Use “As” to Mean “Because”
Dear Legal Writer, Don’t use “as” to mean “because” in legal writing. “As” has…
Read It Aloud
Before you hand in that draft, read it aloud. Not to yourself.Not in your…
I’ve Never Understood
I’ve never understood why law firms don’t give new associates a self-editing checklist. It…
The em-dash How-to
Dear Legal Writer: Spice up your prose with the EM-DASH. Here’s a full how-to:…
Dear 1L,
There’s a growing problem in the legal industry: New lawyers “don’t know how to…