Aim for an Engaging Style in Your Spring Advocacy Briefs
Dear 1L, Last year, you had to write a personal statement to persuade a…
“Don’t bore us. Get to the chorus.”
Dear 1L, I just heard this memorable motto by Motown Records founder, Berry Gordy…
The Hardest Part to Write Can Be the Introduction
Dear Legal Writer, Some writers spin their wheels trying to create the perfect opening…
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…
Do You “Affect” or “Effect” Something?
For most of my life, I avoided “affect” as a verb. I would use…
Dear Legal Writer: When Discussing Cases, Always Specify Procedural Posture& Outcome
Dear Legal Writer: Every year in BigLaw (except perhaps 2009), there was a fresh…
10 Ways to Slay Your Oral Argument
Dear 1L, It’s normal to be nervous for your first oral argument. It’s a…
Dear 1L: The 2L Summer Job Search Starts Soon!
Dear 1L, The 2L summer job search is right around the corner, and is…
Dear Legal Writer: Make Your Table of Contents a Priority
Dear Legal Writer: It’s a mistake to short shrift your Table of Contents (TOC)….
PERSONAL
For 20 years in BigLaw, I worked on every vacation I ever took. During…
Dear Legal Writer: Here’s a comma guide for clear, correct prose.
Dear Legal Writer, Follow this comma guide to help you write clear, correct prose:…
Dear Legal Writer: Please stop referring to the “company” as “they”
Please stop referring to the “company” as “they.” The “company” is an “it,” not…