Lawyer Skills

Do your presentations suffer from "hanging fragmentitis"? When you hear yourself starting sentences over, help yourself bring that sentence to an end by doing three things.

Teddy Snyder | Don’t be tempted to use a fancy word when a plain one will do.

Get to the Point! Don’t you hate it when something comes out of your mouth that makes your listener hesitate or give you a funny look?

Analog Attorney | Keeping a commonplace book helps you be more interesting.

The first post in our new series with rules, optional techniques and simple suggestions to remind you that strong writing makes you a better lawyer.

Euphemisms are words or phrases used in place of other words that might offend the recipient of the message. The prefix eu- means “good.” Euphemisms substitute good language for what some might consider bad. Sometimes the communicator is ...

Chris Graham | Have you noticed that the way you read websites, emails, text messages — even magazine and news articles — has changed over time?

Gerry Riskin | Although certain things clients say are sure to get your dander up, I respectfully suggest you put the sword away and resist the impulse to parry and thrust.

Are you a James Corden fan? One of the games he plays on "The Late Late Show" is Emoji Headlines.

Gray Robinson | Unfortunately, the art of persuasion isn't taught in many law schools. Here are six fundamentals.