Although legal writing expert Judge Mark Painter wrote an article entitled Legal Writing 201: 30 Suggestions to Improve Readability or How to Write For Judges, Not Like Judges, there’s one judge whose writing is always a pleasure to read: Hon Gerald Lebovits of the New York County Civil Court, Housing Part.
Judge Lebovits isn’t your run-of-the [...]

AttorneysInTransition.com is a new website from Law Bulletin Publishing Co. that focuses (not surprisingly) on issues of concern to lawyers whose careers are in a state of flux.
While you’re there, check out my guest post, The Road Less Traveled: Working as a Contract Lawyer.
Also, make sure you read this post for more details about a [...]

Joan Stewart (a/k/a The Publicity Hound) is my personal PR guru. I subscribe to her free weekly ezine, and have gotten tons of great advice from it. As a result of applying the techniques that Joan teaches about, I have had a lot of publicity success for my various businesses (including getting my pet products [...]

I first learned about Project Gutenberg a couple of years ago. According to Wikipedia (which contains a clearer description of Project Gutenberg than the organization’s own site),
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive and distribute cultural works. Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of [...]

Thanks to my membership in Scribes – The American Society of Legal Writers, I learned about a free webinar entitled Ethics and Professionalism in Legal Writing: Brief Writing and Writing for Litigation.
The webinar was presented by Stetson University College of Law. The panelists are Kirsten Davis, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Legal Research [...]

Update: I just found out that Bryan Garner will also be attending the luncheon and signing books. This is quite exciting for legal writing nerds like me!

Update: Congratulations to contest winner Kathleen St. Onge of Halloran & Sage LLP in Hartford, Connecticut. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!

As you may know, Supreme [...]

Will the grammar goodness never cease? A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you a chapter called “Dirty Words” which Grammar Girl (a/k/a Mignon Fogarty) so generously shared with the public. Now, in honor of the launch yesterday of her new book, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, Grammar Girl has [...]

I’ve previously proclaimed my love for Grammar Girl, a/k/a Mignon Fogarty. Now I love her even more.
Grammar Girl’s new book, appropriately entitled Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, will be available July 8. In honor of the release, GG has released a 40-page chapter called “Dirty Words.”
Get your minds out of the [...]

I’ve always been a grammar stickler; heck, I have fond memories of diagramming sentences in 10th grade English class. Now, thanks to my co-blogger, Susan, I’ve found my soulmate (don’t tell my husband!): Grammar Girl.
Grammar Girl (a/k/a Mignon Forgarty) is a freelance technical writer and editor who writes a blog and produces a podcast about—you [...]

For legal writing content that’s a little more challenging than the articles in Thomson West’s Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, check out the Legal Writing Journal over at the Social Science Research Network. (To find this specific journal, go to http://www.ssrn.com/lsn/index.html and click on “subject matter journals” in the left sidebar). Like Perspectives, [...]