Lady (Legal) Writer
Friday, August 1, 2014
Some Cases Are More Helpful than Others
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued this heavily redacted opinion in a FISA case. Of the little-more-than-12-page opini...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Storytelling and Atkins v. Virginia
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Daryl Atkins A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a powerful story can mean the difference between life and death. In 2002, the ...
Friday, July 25, 2014
Avoid EWA: Emailing While Angry
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Email is an amazing tool that makes communication easier and faster than ever. But it comes with risks. We've seen some unfortunate exam...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Reading Cases
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Before you can write about law, you must know what the law is.* In law school, you learn the law primarily by reading cases (i.e. appellate ...
Friday, July 18, 2014
The Walken Comma
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This funny has been making the rounds online, but I thought I'd share for those who haven't yet seen it. Happy Friday! If you...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
He's a Bad Writer (To the Tune of Paperback Writer)
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LLW, I'm a young associate and a pretty good writer. My partner, however, is a terrible writer. His briefs are stream of consciousne...
Friday, July 11, 2014
A Legal Writing Lesson for Jimmy Graham
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Jimmy Graham recently lost out on about $5 million because of a legal writing ambiguity in the Collective Bargaining Agreement ( CBA ) be...
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