If you read legal blogs at all, you have probably seen the recent posts about citations to Wikipedia in judicial opinions and law journal articles.   Daniel J. Solove  at Concurring Opinions asks the next question – when is citation to Wikipedia appropriate?  He gives ten examples of citations to Wikipedia and asks for comments on [...]

The Legal Dockets Online Blog lists the court dockets that are not available using CM/ECF.  The list is especially helpful because it identifies alternative means to obtain dockets and documents.

Here is a 24-question self-exam by Bob Sutton to determine if you are a “certified asshole.” Bob Sutton wrote The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, due out next month.
The asshole and non-asshole answers are pretty obvious, but the test can make you think about the way you treat [...]

The Harvard Law Library has a Multi-State Legal Research guide.  It lists internet resources such as nonprofit interest groups.  The guide also includes compilations of laws by topics, such as abortion, adoption/foster care, bar examinations, Good Samaritan laws, legislative histories, trade secrets and uniform laws.
Thanks to Mary Sexton at Heafey Headnotes.

I think that Grammar Girl can read my mind.  This week she (or rather her surrogate, Legal Lad) addresses the distinction between “further” and “farther.”  “The quick and dirty tip here is that you use farther to talk about physical distance and further to talk about metaphorical, or figurative, distance. It’s easy to remember because [...]

Legal Literacy has 12 rules for avoiding smoking guns.  The rules are probably good advice for any reason.
In another post, Legal Literacy gives us a thoughtful quote on thoughtless e-mail:
While on the one hand e-mail encourages people to write, on the other hand it discourages people to write thoughtfully.
Mary Mitchell, author of The Complete Idiot’s [...]

More on passive vs. active.   As I and many other bloggers have noted, the condemnation of passive voice has tempered somewhat and most agree that active voice is not always best.  Lynn Gaertner-Johnson at Business Writing points out that Microsoft Word can help identify passive voice in your writing.  Simply change the grammar check option [...]

Concurring Opinions has a great idea for a reality television show based on the Supreme Court.  I am not a fan of those shows, but I sure would watch this one.