Product Review
WordRake: Clearing the Clutter from Legal Writing
By Carol Gerber | Jan.09.13 | 1 Comment
Have you ever heard the term “legalese” used to compliment a lawyer’s writing? I haven’t. It seems excellent lawyers do not always produce excellent legal writing. Whether[...]
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Finding Experts and Verifying Their Credentials on the Web
By Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch | Dec.20.12 | 4 Comments
When you’re in need of an expert to serve as a witness in your case, to consult on a special matter, or perhaps even to serve as a speaker at your bar seminar, where do you look?[...]
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Tighten Your Writing: Heed the Six Signs
By Gary Kinder | Dec.12.12 | 3 Comments
"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary li[...]
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Cliches Don’t Cut the Mustard
By Steven Taylor | Nov.06.12 | 4 Comments
Lawyers, it turns out, are not so special. They have just as much difficulty writing and speaking well in their native tongue as the next person. Poor grammar. Jargon. Weird synta[...]
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Watch Your Courthouse Demeanor
By Martin Grayson | May.17.12 | 2 Comments
In this excerpt from his book The View from the First Chair, veteran California defense lawyer Martin L. Grayson offers a crash course on the importance of courthouse demeanor, w[...]
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