Legal Writing

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Flex Your Creative Writing Muscle: Submit a Poem for the National Grammar Day Poetry Contest

Is there a creative bone in your lawyer body? Teddy Snyder has details on the National Grammar Day Poetry Contest. The submission window opens February 15 for 13 days.

Theda C. Snyder - February 2, 2026
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Get Smarter: Read or Listen to a Book

What's adultery got to do with it? With apologies to Tina Turner, Get to the Point makes the case for reading more books.

Theda C. Snyder - January 22, 2026
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Good Writers Ignore Em Dash Critics

Get to the Point! Don't fear the em dash, says Teddy Snyder. Until the latest brouhaha about differentiating your writing from machine style, you probably used em dashes regularly — and correctly.

Theda C. Snyder - January 7, 2026
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The Reason Lawyers Procrastinate About Writing Projects (Or, When It’s OK to Be Stupid)

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.

Theda C. Snyder - December 3, 2025
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Get With the Program! Decoding Legal Technology Abbreviations

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

Theda C. Snyder - November 17, 2025
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This Is Happening More Often Than You Realize: More Court Opinions That Rely on Grammar

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.

Theda C. Snyder - October 31, 2025
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Poetry for Lawyers: The Daily Practice That Transforms Legal Writing

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

Bull Garlington - October 9, 2025
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Bemused Writers Do Not Amuse Me

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

Theda C. Snyder - October 7, 2025
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So, You Wanna Write a Book? Five Tips to Help You Get Started

Tatia Gordon-Troy | Lawyers write books to build their reputations, start side hustles or share wisdom in a memoir. Whatever your reason, here are book- writing tips for getting started on penning that tome.

Tatia Gordon-Troy - September 16, 2025
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The Perfect Pen, Perfect Pencil

Analog Attorney | Finding the perfect pencil and the perfect pen might change your note-taking game.

Bull Garlington - August 28, 2025
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