Add to ORKGJudges are more likely to rule against you if they cannot understand your points and if your arguments do not seem well-reasoned. In contrast, punctuation errors may be irritating, but they will rarely, if ever, cause you to lose the case
A long-standing scientific debate has focused on the prosodic versus grammatical function of punctua...
The last Scrivener\u27 introduced readers to a new comprehensive reference tool for legal writers ca...
The RIPS Law Librarian Blog is a publication of the "Research Instruction and Patron Services" Speci...
Judges are more likely to rule against you if they cannot understand your points and if your argumen...
Most of my columns advise legal writers; this one also aims to change the perspective of a legal rea...
Thus, instead of reinforcing the author\u27s premise, the panda story may illustrate the weakness of...
Over the summer, I had an opportunity to poll four Denver District Court judges about problems they ...
The comma is the most frequently used punctuation mark. Unfortunately, the comma is also the most fr...
The last Scrivener (November issue at page 2257) focused on a leading complaint that four Denver Dis...
True, a judge probably won\u27t rule against you if your cites are wrong, but faulty cites do reflec...
The ideas legal writers want to express are often complex. Words and ideas within sentences must be ...
On the morning of August 3, 1916, at Pentonville Prison in England, Roger David Casement, former Kni...
Occasionally legal writing can benefit from a few lesser-used punctuation marks. This article focuse...
In October 2000, 90 of the 100 appellate and supreme court justices of California were attending the...
The previous column addressed the tendency of legal readers to skip or skim long quotations. To be s...
A long-standing scientific debate has focused on the prosodic versus grammatical function of punctua...
The last Scrivener\u27 introduced readers to a new comprehensive reference tool for legal writers ca...
The RIPS Law Librarian Blog is a publication of the "Research Instruction and Patron Services" Speci...
Judges are more likely to rule against you if they cannot understand your points and if your argumen...
Most of my columns advise legal writers; this one also aims to change the perspective of a legal rea...
Thus, instead of reinforcing the author\u27s premise, the panda story may illustrate the weakness of...
Over the summer, I had an opportunity to poll four Denver District Court judges about problems they ...
The comma is the most frequently used punctuation mark. Unfortunately, the comma is also the most fr...
The last Scrivener (November issue at page 2257) focused on a leading complaint that four Denver Dis...
True, a judge probably won\u27t rule against you if your cites are wrong, but faulty cites do reflec...
The ideas legal writers want to express are often complex. Words and ideas within sentences must be ...
On the morning of August 3, 1916, at Pentonville Prison in England, Roger David Casement, former Kni...
Occasionally legal writing can benefit from a few lesser-used punctuation marks. This article focuse...
In October 2000, 90 of the 100 appellate and supreme court justices of California were attending the...
The previous column addressed the tendency of legal readers to skip or skim long quotations. To be s...
A long-standing scientific debate has focused on the prosodic versus grammatical function of punctua...
The last Scrivener\u27 introduced readers to a new comprehensive reference tool for legal writers ca...
The RIPS Law Librarian Blog is a publication of the "Research Instruction and Patron Services" Speci...