Before I write, I tell the “story” and issues to a nonlawyer. It prepares me to write it in the simplest terms. My husband and elderly mom learned a lot about mortgages and patents over the years.
Rage-inducing: an obscure word when a common word will do. Especially if it makes the justice’s impatient research attorney have to use a dictionary to understand your argument. Write with the goal that a 7th grader will get it on the first read thru.
Tone: sneering is not persuasive.
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Clarity is the number one priority in legal writing.
I retired from softball a mediocre junior on the JV team. Varsity coach invited me to be a baserunner for the varsity team in post-season play. I politely declined bc I had to study for AP tests. Coach lost her shit. Screamed. I was disloyal and ungrateful. Guess she wasn't used to being told no.
I’m the same—didn’t know it was called four-in-hand til now. Except I only know how to tie a Windsor because it’s what dad taught me in the early 80s.
Done. I told them about caregiving for my then-90 yo mom who lived in memory care and how it was a disaster when there was a spread in the facility. At least 7 of her neighbors died. She caught it but bc she was vaxxed and boosted, didn't get sick. I got every shot and booster and never caught it.
I was thinking this, too. When I saw he was assigned to this case, I told my husband, oooh, this could get interesting.
Trader Joe's English cheddar with caramelized onions on sourdough. And I endorse mayo for the perfect crust (spread the thinnest possible layer on the outside of the bread).
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
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I have 3 gmail alter egos. I get lotto notices from Aus. I got a UK attorney's job offer. Egregious: a social worker's team sent me confidential info about a minor & kept sending even after I said they were violating HIPAA. I started responding "Joey ran off & joined the circus." They stopped.
I have a joke about a sua sponte order. No one asked for it but I'm going to force it on you anyway.
And check first initial + last name, as it is a likely future email address. I worked with coldham@lawfirmname.com.
If I brought home a nice looking JA guy like you, my nisei parents would have peed themselves with joy and taken you out for chinameshi.
Hi! I am disloyal and ungrateful!
(This was screamed at me. I was a mediocre JV softball player who turned down an offer to be a pinch runner for the varsity team in the state tourney. Coach did not think studying for APs and SATs was a good reason.)
After a long career as a litigator, I now work for the judiciary. I really really regret every snark or borderline snark I ever included in a motion or brief, even when OC deserved it. It's ugly to read. Yuck.
Err.
It’s URR.
Not AIR.
Thanks! That's a great suggestion.
Goodness gracious, those look divine. Those are what all biscuits want to look like when they grow up. Paul Hollywood Handshake-worthy.
I left private practice after decades of biz lit and a 3-yr hiatus to care for mom at the end of her life. Been a chambers attorney for an appellate justice for 9 mos and so far, love it. My fellow research attorneys/career clerks - any tips on how to get good at this quick?
If your cat forms a loaf, you MUST photograph the loaf. Thems the rules. (Sonny and Thomas wish you all a good night).
Thanks! He was pretty much the last thing tethering me to the hellsite!
Hello, #lawtwitter and #appellatetwitter refugees! Thank you for all the follow backs. I can feel my blood pressure going down as I type this. Is the menswear guy here yet?
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