Lady (Legal) Writer

I didn’t mean to suggest by my last post that judges should never have fun with their opinions.   Opinions with (appropriate) apropos meta...

Anyone who has ever practiced will tell you that lawyering can be overwhelming, omnipresent, and exhausting.   A little levity in the prac...

I’m not going to pretend that The Bluebook is not confusing—because it is.  And for every general rule I think I’ve learned, I always s...

Colloquialisms are informal words or phrases that often are regionally specific.   Colloquialisms, while acceptable in conversations, have n...

The ABA Blawg 100 is taking nominations for its list of 100 top law-related blogs.  If you like this blog, please consider nominating it.  T...

Even the savviest writers often have trouble figuring out when to capitalize certain types of words. Seasons —Names of the seasons:...

If you can’t tell from my blog posts, I like dashes—and I use them frequently.  Dashes are great tools that can be used in several ways. ...