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May 15, 2006
Just Say It: Good Writing for Clients, and Other Humans.
We have just 12 rules and no rigid doctrines here. Nonetheless you may not use "heretofore", "said" as in "said widgets" or "COMES NOW" in this space. Ever. See "Writing for Clients - Just Say It": Parts I-IV here, here, here and here. This blog loves sane and people-oriented writing for clients, fellow counsel and courts alike. So does New Orleans lawyer Raymond Ward, the "Rainman", who writes Minor Wisdom, one of my favorite blogs. His site is full of good tips on many things, including good writing. See Ray's most recent posts "Naked briefwriting" and my favorite "All they really need to know about legal writing they learned in the 3rd grade".
Posted by JD Hull at 03:56 PM | Comments (0)
Blawg Review # 57: When I was in law school, we had to listen to "The Shadow" on the radio.
Blawg Review #57 was written by an actual law student, Ryan Austin, who's smart enough to get away with watching a bunch of television--all about lawyering, too. Very clever, and worth your time to see Ryan's review of last week's better posts. Starting any time now, and maybe even today, this rainy jet-lagged Mother of all Mondays, I may watch more TV myself as I gradually transition from the crisp and creative Alan Shore to the increasingly confused but lucky Denny Crane.
Update/Correction: My apologies, and mea culpa. Yesterday jet-lag, lack of sleep, too much stuff to do "Back East" and the excesses of my past youth (tennis, basketball and nuclear waste diving) conspired to cause me initially to incorrectly attribute Blawg Review #57 to Jennifer Collins, an ALM editor and BR icon. We got rid of the post, but we are still trying to eliminate the permalink. Our thanks for catching my error goes out to an alert operative with the BR secret police.
Posted by JD Hull at 01:32 PM | Comments (0)