Communications Skills

The office holiday party is here, threatening to send your anxiety into new realms of oh-by-golly, and Bull Garlington is going to hold your hand the whole time.

Get to the Point! The reason lawyers procrastinate about writing projects, suggests Teddy Snyder, is that we're afraid to be stupid. Here's how to get over it.

Get to the Point! AI, LM, LLM: Teddy Snyder reminds us that one abbreviation can refer to a multitude of things. Context matters.

Teddy Snyder | Maybe you thought opinions that relied on grammar were outliers. Not so. Three recent cases where courts based their opinions on rules of grammar.

Bull Garlington explains the ways a daily poetry practice improves legal writing, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking.

Teddy Snyder | Like the words “verbiage” and “expansive”, “bemused” has apparently lost its meaning through misuse.

Teddy Snyder | Does it feel like the players in your case are acting without rhyme or reason? Like Milo in 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' your job as a lawyer is to restore good decision-making and rational behavior.

David and Karen Skinner | When you get your to-do list out of your head and into a visual system where everyone can see it, your practice will flourish.

Teddy Snyder | Supersede is a concise word lawyers love to use, so why do so many get it wrong? Here's the seed of an idea to stop this mistake.

Ivy Grey | An aggressive legal writing style and public displays of righteous fury won't win court cases. Check yourself before you wreck your case.