Vocabulary

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.

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.

Teddy Snyder | Even if you never utter “whom” or “whomever” aloud, you need to use it correctly in your writing.

Teddy Snyder | National Grammar Day is a good time to review SCOTUS cases where grammar and usage dictated the outcome.

Teddy Snyder | You're not writing in the 14th century, so stop trying to sound like a scrivener from 700 years ago.

Teddy Snyder | This could be another example of people using words they don't understand.

Teddy Snyder | You have a lot of ways to tell the story of your case, but are you doing it in the most effective way?