Lawyer Skills

Be sure you use the correct ADR terms with clients, judges and opponents to avoid misunderstandings.

Our legal writing skills series continues with some commonly interchanged words that have acquired common (mis)usage in our writing.

Want your talks to be well-received? Be yourself, field as many questions as you can — and have fun.

Sometimes you need to translate English to American. Expressions lawyers may encounter.

Keeping it professional at the office doesn’t mean you can’t be human.

You are communicating because you want your message to be effective. Condescending phrases like "You follow?" undermine that aim.

Crossed arms, doodling and other body language might mean you've lost your audience — or that you're doing great.

Take advantage of Find and Replace as part of the last once-over for that important letter, contract or brief.

Using jargon can alienate outsiders, including judges. But is there ever a good reason to use it?

Parties frequently use terms incorrectly, and that leads to miscommunication.