Shakespeare’s cold wisdom—Too early seen unknown, and known too late?
By Edward Casmere
Bench and Bar,
September 2017
The point of this article is not to advocate for a campaign of carpet-bombing legal briefs and arguments with quotes from Shakespeare, but rather to suggest that this giant of the literary world has gifted lawyers with timeless insights that may help us better “suit the action to the word, the word to the action” as we practice our craft.
An author’s guide to publication
By Darrell Dies & Jennifer Bunker
Trusts and Estates,
September 2014
A helpful guide to submitting an article for this newsletter.
Writing briefs judges want to read
By Christine M. Kieta
Corporate Law Departments,
October 2012
Writing well for litigation is two-fold. First, you want to get the judge actually to read what you write. Second, you want the judge to agree with what you write.
Writing as a lawyer
By Justin Heather
Young Lawyers Division,
October 2005
Law school is often touted as “teaching you to think like a lawyer.” But it does not necessarily teach you to write like a lawyer.
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