Lady (Legal) Writer
Friday, November 20, 2015
Word (?) of the Year
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Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year for 2015 is... not actually a word. It's the "face with tears of joy" emoji. ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Re-Post: Using Legal Writing Skills on Law School Exams
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Law school exams will be upon us in just a few short weeks. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I'm re-posting this piece from last year sho...
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Emoticons, Emojis, and Evidence
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This cool article , published by Slate a couple of weeks ago, outlines the history of emoticons and emojis and considers several cases in ...
Monday, November 9, 2015
Commas, Canons, and Prior Convictions--The Lockhart Case
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I tell students every year that a comma can mean the difference between life and death, as was the case for Sir Roger Casement , who was han...
Friday, November 6, 2015
Being a Lawyer is Easy...
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It's that time of both the semester (for students) and the year (for lawyers) when everyone is tired. We've all been working hard fo...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Florida's Brief in Hurst v. Florida
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Last week I discussed Timothy Hurst's brief in a death penalty case pending before the Supreme Court, Hurst v. Florida . This week, I...
Friday, October 30, 2015
Happy Halloween, from Justice Scalia
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Justice Scalia's concurrence in Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District is one of my favorite "spooky...
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