Lawyer Skills

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Is Your Grammar Too Good? A New Way to Repel Clients and Prospects

Teddy Snyder: A new app revises your emails to make you seem human. It does this by creating errors. This does not appear to be a joke.

Theda C. Snyder - May 6, 2026
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They Had Relations: Five Tips for Better Client Communications

Do your clients know, like and trust you? If you’re wavering on the answer, Jared Correia has some suggestions for you respecting your client communications. Busy? Listen on Attorney at Work Today.

Jared Correia - April 19, 2026
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Build Your Own Copilot Legal Assistant — No Tech Skills Required

Tech Tips: Ben Schorr explains how to use Microsoft Copilot Agent Builder to create a custom AI legal assistant — no tech skills required.

Ben Schorr - April 10, 2026
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Passionate Sentence Structure: Empower Your Legal Writing

Get to the Point! with Teddy Snyder: Let your passion tumble onto the screen in your first draft. But once that’s out of your system, it’s time to revise. Start with sentence structure.

Theda C. Snyder - April 6, 2026
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How to Address an Envelope Like a Pro

With all the digital noise out there, a perfectly addressed envelope is a rare act of civility—and a professional power move. Whether you’re sending a formal demand letter or a handwritten thank-you, the details matter (and no, your "doctor's ...

Bull Garlington - April 2, 2026
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Outlook Productivity Tips for Lawyers: 3 Quick Steps to Boost Productivity

Tech Tips: Ben Schorr shares three of his favorite tips for saving time in Microsoft Outlook.

Ben Schorr - March 27, 2026
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Supersede or Supercede? Why Do You Keep Misspelling This Word?

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.

Theda C. Snyder - March 12, 2026
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It’s National Grammar Day! Lawyers Are Feeling Poetic About Legal Writing

Teddy Snyder | Today’s the day to celebrate the pinnacle of communication excellence to which all lawyers aspire. It’s National Grammar Day!

Theda C. Snyder - March 4, 2026
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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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