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Plain-language advice from "McElhaney on Litigation"

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/6/2010 2:31 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

A cause of over-formality in legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 8/31/2009 10:37 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Some common problems in legal writing, a series--part 5: Defined terms, initials, acronyms

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/13/2009 10:06 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Picking on writing by a lawyer

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/10/2009 2:58 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Picking on legal writing by a professor

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/10/2009 6:26 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Kimble summarizes my own view on how to get better at legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/12/2009 12:57 PM | Add Comment

Short note on "prosecutrix"

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/17/2008 3:49 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A judge who wanted an old word

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/17/2008 10:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Harsh quotation from Joseph Kimble . . .

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/13/2008 3:27 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Ten legal words and phrases we can do without

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/6/2008 1:58 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Stop sounding like a lawyer

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/27/2008 1:16 PM | Add Comment

Writing for nonlawyers

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/15/2008 12:26 PM | Add Comment

Standards for review rewritten

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/2/2008 10:00 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Somes judges get it

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/22/2008 12:43 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Is it the judges' fault?

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/22/2008 12:31 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Texas attorneys' oath

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/19/2008 6:57 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A home-loan provision rewritten

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/16/2008 11:22 AM | Add Comment

Congress considers plain-language bill

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/8/2008 10:28 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A real estate rewrite

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/3/2008 3:17 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Question about "too plain" writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/3/2008 2:08 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Treasury regulations rewrite

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 8/28/2008 11:29 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

My new book from the ABA

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 8/7/2008 9:38 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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