Lady (Legal) Writer
Friday, January 30, 2015
I Second That Emotion
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Many Americans use emoticons and emojis in emails, text messages, and online chats to convey meaning that can't necessarily be gleaned f...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Sock it to Him?
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The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a case about deportation and a sock . Under federal law, a non-citizen may be deported...
Friday, January 23, 2015
It's In the Bag
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The Greenbag has released its 2014 Exemplary Legal Writing list . Drew Justice, whose excellent brief I talked about here, made the list. A...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Drafting Affidavits II
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This is the second of a two-part post on drafting affidavits. I previously offered some specific tips on drafting strong affidavits, Be...
Friday, January 16, 2015
Pencil Me In
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I recently saw this cool writing analogy: Good writing is like a pencil, the more you sharpen the point, the shorter it gets. Good luck...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Drafting Affidavits
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This is the first of a two-part post on drafting affidavits. Affidavits are useful to lawyers for a number of reasons, but they can be ...
Friday, January 9, 2015
Egyptian Punctuation Marks
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During my recent trip to Egypt, I noticed some hieroglyphs that look suspiciously like modern punctuation marks: Periods: Commas: ...
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