Review: Point Made – Best Legal Writing Book Ever?
I’m rather passionate about legal writing. In particular, I’m looking for ways to improve my own. I think my writing is pretty good (I was number one in legal writing in my class for what it’s worth), but I know I have a long way to go to get it to “great.” As...Tips on Writing From the Supreme Court of the United States
The BLT has news that legal writing guru Bryan Garner (editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, author of Dictionary of Modern American Usage, co-author of Making Your Case, etc) has just released the transcripts of his interviews with the Justices of SCOTUS....Blawg Review #308
Today is a red letter day…for science. Nearly 60 years ago, James D. Watson and Francis Crick introduced the modern concept of the double helix formation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). On this very same day, the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, which...9 Failings of Legal Writing (& 4 Recommendations to Fix Them)
“Lawyers have two common failings. One is that they do not write well, and the other is that they think they do.” This line is from Wayne Schiess’s (of Legalwriting.net) “Legal Writing Is Not What It Should Be.” It focuses on producing better legal...Blawg Review 287
Welcome to this week’s Blawg Review. For the unaware, this past week was National Freedom of Speech Week. “In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and...Sidebar
