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Start Strong--Motions

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/18/2010 7:33 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

What I wish I had known about legal writing--part 4

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/12/2010 10:46 AM | Add Comment

What I wish I had known about legal writing--part 3

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/12/2010 10:43 AM | Add Comment

What I wish I had known about legal writing--part 2

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/11/2010 11:38 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

What I wish I had known about legal writing--part 1

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/10/2010 10:46 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Write the argument, then the facts

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/21/2009 12:42 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Texas Bar Journal article on terms of art

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/5/2009 1:37 PM | Add Comment

Write better faster

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/11/2009 6:11 AM | View Comments (2) | 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

Tired legal metaphors + clichés

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 7/20/2009 7:38 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Tired legal metaphors--please submit

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 7/16/2009 7:17 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Will law school prepare you for a career as a legal writer?

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 7/6/2009 3:50 PM | Add Comment

Some common problems in legal writing--a series, part 6: Punctuation

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/28/2009 8:28 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Consensus: Given names are okay in a court document in some situations

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/27/2009 11:35 AM | 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

Some common problems in legal writing, a series--part 3: Care in proofreading

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/6/2009 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Some common problems in legal writing, a series--part 2: Misplaced or dangling modifiers

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/3/2009 9:09 AM | Add Comment

Revised "transportation product liability" text

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/1/2009 7:19 AM | Add Comment

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 2

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/27/2009 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 6

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/27/2009 7:48 AM | Add Comment

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 5

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/24/2009 12:45 PM | Add Comment

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 4

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/24/2009 12:27 PM | Add Comment

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 3

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/23/2009 10:11 AM | Add Comment

The second rule of learning legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/6/2009 10:42 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

American Bar Association survey

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/19/2008 12:05 PM | Add Comment

Time pressure in legal writing--advice sought

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/19/2008 11:52 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Time pressure in legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/19/2008 11:28 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Editing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/18/2008 2:01 PM | Add Comment

Composing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/17/2008 6:27 PM | Add Comment

The soft (smart aleck?) legal writing teacher

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/5/2008 12:50 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Handling late assignments--extensions and second chances

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 11/5/2008 12:07 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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