Legal Writing

Write-On Complaining Part 1
Dear Readers, The write-on competition started Friday. I printed the information this morning and decided to dedicate an hour to it this afternoon.My hour sentence just passed.I have a headache...

If you write for publication
If you write for publication (law reviews, bar journals, magazines), then you?ll benefit from Framing Academic Articles, by Gregory G. Colomb and the late Joseph M. Williams. It describes how to write an introduction that grabs readers? attention?how to make...

McElhaney: Write to the ear.
See in this month's ABA Journal "Listen to What You Write: Your Ears Will Tell You If You?re Communicating Ideas Effectively. Excerpt: Your ear will catch the little mistakes and omissions your eye skipped over...

Two China Things Of Which We Dare Not Speak (And Sex Is Not One of Them)
I often get emails from readers asking me to write about a particular topic. There are two topics on which I frequently receive emails and on which I virtually never write. Proposed laws and China diplomatic meetings with foreign countries....

"Point Made: How to Write Like the Nations Top Advocates"
A law school classmate whose intelligence I'll vouch for, and an e-pal, each reviewed Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation?s Top Advocates. There's an irony in their reviews. A writer who cares if he's read should first write for his readers...

"Write Better Faster"
Posted by Wayne Schiess: "A recurring question I get from lawyers, law students, and other readers is how to implement the writing advice I present while working under harsh deadlines and heavy workloads...