Lady (Legal) Writer
Friday, January 31, 2014
Legal Mumbo Jumbo
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I love this cool article on Lawyerist in which the author analyzes Justice Scalia's use of the word "argle-bargle" in his dis...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Commandment #3--Grammar, Nominalizations, Serial Commas etc.
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Commandment #3—Thou shalt follow writing and grammar rules; avoid contractions, legalese, nominalizations, and passive voice; and use a seri...
Friday, January 24, 2014
Let No Such Man Be Trusted
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Nearly 400 years after Shakespeare's death, American jurists still cite his works. Quotes from plays such as Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, a...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Commandment #4--Rhetoricals, Hypotheticals, and Artificial Emphasis
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Commandment #4—Thou shalt think twice before employing devices such as rhetorical questions, hypotheticals, artificial emphasis, and exclama...
Friday, January 17, 2014
A Jury of His Peers?
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The perils of double negatives... Happy Friday!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Commandment #5--Provide Accurate Citations to Authority
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#5—Thou Shalt Provide Accurate Citations to Authority I can tell you from my personal experience and the sentiments expressed by judg...
Friday, January 10, 2014
"I Would Have Made 'Periodicals' the Main Character"
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This Amazon "review" of The Bluebook has been around for a while, but it still cracks me up. If only I were so clever. Happy ...
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