Sentences with phrase «about good legal writing»

Jim's article, «Teaching Lawyers to Revise for the Real World: A Role for Reader Protocols,» 7 offered an important contribution, not only because it focused specifically on how judges read and understand briefs, but also because it implicitly nudged us away from teaching platitudes about good legal writing and more toward looking at how real readers respond to the principles of writing that we commonly teach.

Matthew Butterick's Typography for Lawyers is a book about legal typography that every person serious about good legal writing should own.

But like so much of what's been written about legal writing, the blog thus far engages more in telling about good legal writing, rather than showing how it's done (for the importance of show rather than tell, see, e.g., here or here).

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Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Author Dr. Madeline Li, a psychiatrist in the Department of Supportive Care, UHN, writes that in Canada the legal responsibility to implement MAiD required creating an institutional framework for patient assessment and provision of service, as well as a plan for educating staff about engaging in conversations with patients.

In the China Study, Dr. T. Collin Campbell writes that «most, but not all, of the confusion about nutrition is created in legal, fully disclosed ways and is disseminated by unsuspecting, well - intentioned people, whether they are researchers, politicians or journalists.»

The goal of the blog is to write about legal news, new court decisions, current news, legal trends as well as news and information about BLS Law Library materials and events, legal writing and research, and online legal resources.

I have linked below an article I wrote about choosing a free font for your book, as well as a variety of font foundries and other legal sources for free fonts.

The goal of the blog is to write about legal news, new court decisions, current news, legal trends as well as news and information about BLS Law Library materials and events, legal writing and research, and online legal resources.

This post on the Legal Writing Prof Blog directs us to a good primer put out by the University of North Carolina Writing Center that debunks several myths about the passive voice, and also lays out at least three instances in which writers should feel free to use it.

Every legal researcher has come across the phrase in a judicial opinion, «It is well settled that...,» or, «It is axiomatic that...» In 2014, I wrote about a prototype legal research website that mined opinions for instances of these phrases and made them searchable as a way of helping researchers find statements of -LSB-...]

In addition to making legal ideas understandable, The Legal Workshop seeks to house the best of legal scholarship in one place — making it easier for readers to find the best writing about all areas oflegal ideas understandable, The Legal Workshop seeks to house the best of legal scholarship in one place — making it easier for readers to find the best writing about all areas ofLegal Workshop seeks to house the best of legal scholarship in one place — making it easier for readers to find the best writing about all areas oflegal scholarship in one place — making it easier for readers to find the best writing about all areas of law.

Prosecutor Mark Pryor blogs about cases «in the same way I tell my kids,» he writes, «leaving out analysis, legal discussion, names, dates and, well, facts.»

I've written several times about SCOTUSblog (most recently here and here), which stands out among legal blogs as one of the best, if not the best.

Thinking about what non-legal writing you find persuasive and a joy to read can help you be a better legal writer.

Earlier this month at Legal Blog Watch, I wrote about the Law School 100, an iPhone app for aspiring law students that ranks the 100 best law schools in the United States.

It's an acerbic, well - written, credible law blog about the systemic failure of the legal education system and the devastating impact that failure is having on real people.

I hesitate to write further about project management in legal practice because there has been so much said about it, but I just finished my exam to be a «Project Management Professional» (PMP), and I want to share some thoughts on why it's a good fit for legal practice and how it fits into legal information work.

In fact, the Carnegie Report's recommendation to this effect acknowledges that it is «building on the work already underway in several law schools...» 49 And based on these experiences, a robust literature has developed extolling the virtues of integrating writing with doctrine.50 In reviewing this literature, a number of themes emerge: integration sends the right institutional message to students about the importance of writing in their legal careers and about the relationships between doctrine, analysis, and writing; 51 there is a strong connection between writing and thinking; 52 and writing is an integral part of the learning process.53 Integrating doctrine and writing therefore sends an explicit message that law students do not write in a vacuum, they always write about some legal doctrine, and they learn that doctrine better when they analyze it fully enough to be able to write about it.

And so, working as an editor on the JWLI taught me a great deal about legal writing, and it taught me about the strength and compassion of this community as well.

In addition to training externs and clerks, an upper - level class in judicial opinion writing provides an opportunity for students to hone their skills in writing for a particular audience, structuring and organizing, analyzing, and using rhetorical devices introduced during the first - year writing course through a different type of document.6 Such a course can cause students to look at the legal process from a different perspective and to become better critical readers and users of opinions by writing them.7 Thus, other goals of a judicial opinion writing course can include learning about the audiences of judicial opinions and the perspective judges bring to their opinion writing.

But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there is one most important attribute of good legal writing: clarity.

To learn more about the legal barriers that exist in the digital health space, as well as the need for and value of a proper and thorough compliance program, read «The Law of Digital Health,» written by members of the McDermott Will & Emery Digital Health Team.

So with all these tips about legal writing, one of the best tips is that sometimes writing isn't the best mode of communication.

To know even the minute details about how to start a business in USA for non citizens, writing legal contracts and sending them over to the best contract lawyer for lawyer contract review, read this post till the end.

Here are some recent articles I recommend: The SCOTUSblog Success Story I've written several times about SCOTUSblog (most recently here and here), which stands out among legal blogs as one of the best, if not the best.

But like King's assessment, I've also heard anecdotes about lawyers who, no matter how much a firm works with them to improve their legal writing, never seem to grasp even elementary concepts of good legal writing.

But there exist no good indexes for the legal writing that goes on in blogs like SLAW, All About Information, Finding Legal Information, and otlegal writing that goes on in blogs like SLAW, All About Information, Finding Legal Information, and otLegal Information, and others.

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I write about some emerging innovators in this area, such as Ravel, a legal research site that presents search results visually, and Stanford's Program for Legal Technology and Design, which is using design principles to build better tools for delivering and educating about thelegal research site that presents search results visually, and Stanford's Program for Legal Technology and Design, which is using design principles to build better tools for delivering and educating about theLegal Technology and Design, which is using design principles to build better tools for delivering and educating about the law.

Good legal writing is not about using a lot of words or complex terminology.

I wrote about these sites in the second edition of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, awarding them my highest rating of five stars.

Rule of Law is written by a Canadian lawyer who posts about trusts and estates issues he encounters in his practice, as well as other legal issues that interest him.

Something I wrote about in The National Law Journal a few years ago appears as a quote at the top of the page («A lawyer would be remiss not to check an expert through The Daubert Tracker»), and the five - star award from my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, appears to the right.

We'll write about industry news and legal trends, with a sprinkle of good old - fashioned gossip.

Well, to counter the negative grades, how about: • Assist law school grads looking for jobs • Encourage pro bono work in the practice of law • Set aside a percentage of first -, second - and third - year salaries to pay down debt • Act as a mentor for law school students • Assist law students in the study of law and legal writing Consider contacting your local dean, and pitching in.

«The obligation to give prior notification would not have been restricted to stories about the sexual behaviour of people in the public eye... It would have been ruthlessly exploited by the well - known and, their PR advisers and their lawyers, to control, by legal action and threats of subjecting the media to enormous legal costs, what was written and broadcast about them.»

Not so with Stuart Teicher's CLE on persuasive legal writing, a down - to - earth manifesto about what it means to write well in the age of Twitter.

Take iPad in One Hour for Litigators, 2nd edition and Internet Legal Research on a Budget, for example: Jennifer Ellis says, «The thing that impresses me most about iPad in One Hour for Litigators, (written by Tom Mighell), is how it immediately gets down to business and provides practical guidance on how to make the best use of an iPad.

This webpage from Ted Tjaden's Legal Research and Writing website provides access to information about and links to Canadian case law, as well as links for those jurisdictions that provide online access to court dockets.

«If you've been involved in a deal where the sales department has done a really good job... tell others about it — the CEO, VP of sales; write about it in a legal department report.

In this Volume, the Journal's Editorial Board is pleased to present a wide variety of articles about the pedagogy of legal analysis, research, and writing, as well as a series of articles flowing from a Symposium on the Carnegie Report's impact on legal education.

Well, actually, I get emails, and sometimes direct messages on LinkedIn, but the main thing is, people frequently write me with questions about what they should do in the new legal market.

10 years ago, your typical legal directories session, organized by an industry group or consultancy, was a «tips to write a good submission» or «hear from the editor about how your firm can engage with the directories» kind of affair.

I welcome your questions about legal writing, as well as any examples you'd like to share.

If you know that a certain legal specialist deals with an area of the world that you're interested in, you can narrow by specialists as well, and you can search we have something called the global legal monitor, that's kind of like a newspaper almost for foreign legal materials and they will actually write like a newspaper article about a legal happening that's happened around the world and they will cite to the primary sources.

Supreme Court lawyer Eugene Meehan, Q.C. of Supreme Advocacy LLP is quoted in Legal Feeds, the blog of the Canadian Lawyer magazine, «With the court's current workload mainly criminal, he will adjust, but his academic experience of critically analyzing and writing about the law will serve him well».

These contributions may take any form, such as promoting the use of clear language in public documents, improving the quality of legal writing instruction, advocating for better writing within the legal community, outstanding scholarship or journalism about legal writing or legal topics, or exceptional writing in law practice.

Partners at my law firm as well as the associates all rave about Ross's work and his grasp of the nuances involved in legal writing.

Felicity Gerry writing in Legal Week makes some robust and good points about the Grillo sisters case.