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

Question: Why don't lawyers hyphenate phrasal adjectives?

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/28/2009 12:16 PM | View Comments (7) | 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

Some common problem in legal writing, a series--part 4: Passive voice

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/8/2009 5:59 AM | View Comments (2) | 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

Some common problems in legal writing, a series--part 1: Overview

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 4/1/2009 7:24 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

Parsing the "transportation product liability" text, example 1

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/11/2009 10:52 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

The first rule of learning legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 3/6/2009 10:13 AM | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 6

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 2/3/2009 9:01 AM | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 5

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 2/2/2009 9:19 AM | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 4

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/30/2009 9:18 AM | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 3

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/29/2009 11:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 2

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/28/2009 12:25 PM | Add Comment

Lawyers are professional writers, part 1

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 1/27/2009 1:04 PM | View Comments (3) | 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

Clarity through many (fine) improvements

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 12/29/2008 1:15 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

Stop sounding like a lawyer

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

My book available on Amazon.com

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 10/14/2008 11:02 AM | Add Comment

Weaknesses in associate writing: pots and kettles

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/26/2008 8:04 AM | Add Comment

Mind your prepositions

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/24/2008 4:12 PM | View Comments (2) | 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

Sentence length

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/10/2008 12:13 PM | Add Comment

Changes in legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/9/2008 2:09 PM | Add Comment

Improving your legal writing

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 9/9/2008 2:04 PM | Add Comment

Changes in legal writing--reprise

Posted by Wayne Schiess at 8/15/2008 3:57 PM | Add Comment
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