Lady (Legal) Writer
Monday, May 20, 2013
In the (Subjunctive) Mood
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Lawyers frequently use the subjunctive mood and frequently use the wrong verb form when doing so. The subjunctive mood is used when discu...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Do Lawyers Become Worse Writers?
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Bryan Garner has written an interesting piece for the Student Lawyer on law student writing. I, like Garner, have encountered students who...
Friday, May 3, 2013
Double (D) Entendre
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Judge Biery out of the Western District of Texas issued an opinion earlier this week in an interesting case in which several strip clubs a...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference
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I attended the Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference this past weekend and participated in some very interesting sessions on developin...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Hanged versus Hung
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Both of these words are the past-tense of the word “hang,” but have different uses.* The word “hanged” is appropriate when talking about a...
Monday, April 15, 2013
Writing Matters
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I recently wrote a short article on motions for summary judgment which the Georgia Bar Journal has published in its April 2013 issue. The ...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Why Don't More Writers Use Bulleted and Numbered Points?
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I recently served as a brief grader for a moot court competition. One of my fellow graders and I were discussing the briefs, and he com...
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