This is the most comprehensive list
of best Legal Writing blogs on the internet and I'm honoured to have you as part of this!
The 2011 Green Bag Almanac and Reader is a collection
of the best legal writing of the past year, from court opinions to scholarly articles to news stories.
Some of the best legal writing tips from Bryan Garner's great book on Advanced Legal Writing and Editing.
This is the most comprehensive list
of best Legal Writing blogs on the internet and I'm honoured to have you as part of this!
This is the most comprehensive list
of best Legal Writing blogs on the internet and I'm honoured to have you as part of this!
This is the most comprehensive list
of best Legal Writing blogs on the internet and I'm honoured to have you as part of this!
But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there is one most important attribute
of good legal writing: clarity.
To some extent, then, «clarity» probably isn't a fair answer to the question, «What do you think is the most important attribute
of good legal writing?»
In other words, «clarity» really just sums up the many attributes
of good legal writing mentioned above.
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.
«Contest Judges Find 21 «Exemplars
of Good Legal Writing» in 2010 Main Improve Your Firm's Image and Work Product Through «Typography for Lawyers»»
Accord Kosse & ButleRitchie, supra note 10, at 84 — 85 (reporting that lawyers, judges, and law professors most frequently listed concision, clarity, and organization as the most important qualities
of good legal writing).
Weasel words and grammar gaffes kill precision and authority, which are two pillars
of good legal writing.
He also won the Legal Writing Institute's 2016 Golden Pen award for making «an extraordinary contribution to the cause
of good legal writing.»
The Golden Pen Award honors those who make significant contributions to advance the cause
of better legal writing.
The winner of the 2016 Golden Pen Award for making «an extraordinary contribution to the cause
of good legal writing» and a member of the 2016 Fastcase50 for his product ContractCatch.com, he holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Chicago Law School.
This is the opposite
of good legal writing, and, as I've noted here before, is exactly what we are paid to avoid.
Not exact matches
On Tuesday, Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey College won a
legal round against the HHS contraceptive mandate not only for themselves, but for all fellow plaintiffs as a D.C. appeals court prompted the Obama administration to promise not to enforce the mandate (as currently
written) and — on top
of that — regularly report on its progress toward new rules that
better protect religious freedom.
Examples
of these human marks include the fact that the Bible was
written in Hebrew and Greek, that the Old Testament world was a world
of temples, priests and sacrifice, that Israel as
well as the surrounding nations has prophets that mediated divine will to them, that Israel was ruled by kings, that Israel's
legal system shares striking similarities with those
of surrounding nations, that the creation narrative and the story
of Noah resemble other ancient stories
of the time, that the writers
of Scripture operated within the paradigm
of ancient cosmology, etc..
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?
Griffin, Mary THE HOMESCHOOL HANDBOOK Prima, 2nd rev. ed., 1999 A thorough,
well -
written guide which provides information on the effectiveness
of homeschooling,
legal issues, theories
of learning and practical applications.
«The letters are titled «Notice
of Legal Information Warning», signed using the ironic name «Concerned Citizens for
Good Government» and warn that «there is reason to believe that your (petition) signature has been obtained against the law,»»
wrote Horacio Gutierrez, Rivera's campaign strategist.
After a multi-year
legal battle between New Jersey and the four major sports leagues, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL, to get legalized sports betting outside
of Nevada only, the monumental ruling paves the way for Tioga Downs as
well as the other three New York state casinos to offer this type
of wagering on property once legislation is
written and passed by the state.
Levine, who is a likely candidate for Jackson's seat,
wrote that he believed «that a 7th Council District which includes Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, and Washington Heights would serve the
best interests
of local residents while meeting all
legal requirements
of the districting process.»
«The Bayesian approach is especially
well suited for a broad range
of legal reasoning,»
write mathematician Norman Fenton and colleagues in a recent paper in the Annual Review
of Statistics and Its Application.
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
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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.
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Best Legal Writing blogs from thousands
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This program will include a panel
of experts to provide
writing - lab assistance for the charter application, as
well as a panel
of experts to provide various final reviews and check - lists for applicants in the areas
of legal, finance, academics, and governance to help ready school developer members for the school start - up process once their application is approved.
Some
of it is
writing only a
legal beagle could follow, but surprisingly long sections read like a novel or a
well -
written Harvard Business -LSB-...]
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James Scott Bell is the
best - selling and award - winning author
of thriller novels, zombie
legals, historical romance, and lots and lots
of books on the craft
of writing.
I am starting
of as author and beginning to
write my first book.I heard someone say if
writing an actual story whether it be myself and other people I really know in the book.To have everyone sign a
legal document type thing by lawyer giving permission to use peoples real names.so as to avoid any lawsuit that may occur with the book.and is it
best to use a pen name for myself and made up name for actual people being included in the book.what would your opinion be on legel grounds safer to use made up names.thank you
She thinks the
best decision she and her husband made when they moved to Gainesville, Florida, was not to own a television.She
wrote the first drafts
of her beautifully chiaroscuro second novel Arcadia in notebooks and on
legal pads before reluctantly turning on...
James is the
best selling and award winning author
of thriller novels, zombie
legals, historical romance, and lots and lots
of excellent books on the craft
of writing.
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.
And Simon Pulman, one
of my favorite commentators on transmedial issues in New York,
wrote well to the point following StoryWorld's
legal panel, in Storyworld: Practical Legal Considera
legal panel, in Storyworld: Practical
Legal Considera
Legal Considerations
Building on the
best - selling success
of the original Self - Publisher's
Legal Handbook, Helen Sedwick
wrote this expanded second edition to help writers stay out
of court and at their desks.
Well, now people can
write and sell completely
legal fan fiction based on each
of them, thanks to Amazon's Kindle Worlds program.
A couple
of years ago I
wrote an article asking, pleading really, for any debt settlement company (DSC) to explain to me how they could ever possibly «do whatever is in the
best interests
of the consumer» when they are unable to give any
legal advice in what are inherently
legal matters.
Listening to Vaughan talk, I think again
of The Bond: «For our cause to succeed,» Pacelle
writes, «we have to carry the day with our moral and
legal arguments, but also every workday show that business can succeed and also be
good to animals.»
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.
The
Best Legal Writing blogs from thousands
of top
Legal blogs in our index using search and social metrics.
The Guatemalan Claim, at this
writing, stands in the way
of our
legal independence and complicates our politics, but we Belizeans have never been more prosperous,
better educated or more conscious
of our National identity, our rights and our duties.
While he continues
writing, Schneider now also consults on diverse projects for dealers, artists, collectors, and startups, as
well as providing expert testimony in
legal matters on the inner workings
of the art market.
It's
better — because if the private company has formal
written agreements in place, they can at least have some recourse for compensation if someone like Phil Jones or his employer UEA loses track
of their
legal agreements and ends up harming the private companies financial interest by failing to supply these things to an adjudicator.
HLS is dedicated to exploring ways to further engage students, to
better prepare them to be effective lawyers in the real world, and to innovate for the
legal classroom.To that end, our faculty and staff at HLS research and
write case studies, role plays, and problems that can be used and adapted in a variety
of classroom settings.
I have
written here before that I believe Justia has become one
of the
best free
legal - research sites on the Web, so this is one more feather in its cap.