24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
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What can brief-writers learn from movie trailers?, by Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer
http://bit.ly/1fVRyLG
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
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Federal Appellate Practice Primer, by Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish, Oklahoma Bar Journal
http://bit.ly/1eHy7TD
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Court Rules, Legal Writing, Motions
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Appeals, Appellate Law, Certiorari, Court Rules, Designation of Record, Legal Writing, Motions, U.S. Courts of Appeals
Pitfalls in Civil Appellate Practice, by Michael Richie and Barbara Swimley, Oklahoma Bar Journal
http://bit.ly/1h6tq80
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Law Reviews, Legal Blogs, Legal Writing, Quotations, Research, Trust Accounts
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Have law blogs surpassed law reviews?, by Kevin O’Keefe’s Real Lawyers Have Blogs (quoting Adam Liptak from Supreme Court Reporter for the New Times)
http://kevin.lexblog.com/2013/10/21/law-blogs-surpassed-law-reviews/#!
21 Monday Oct 2013
Posted in Court Rules, Dockets, Legal Writing, Research
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LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/
Legal research experts and librarians Sabrina I. Pacifici and Margaret Berkland last updated this site in January 2011. It contains over 1,400 links to state and federal court rules, forms, and dockets.
19 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Judges, Legal Writing, Quotations
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Lazy Quotes, by Trent M. Latta, NWSidebar
http://nwsidebar.wsba.org/2013/04/25/lazy-quotes/
17 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
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Hook your readers with a damn good story, by David Masters, Inkably – tell better stories blog
http://inkably.com/damn-good-story/
17 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Legal Writing
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The lonely only, by Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer
http://raymondpward.typepad.com/newlegalwriter/2013/10/the-lonely-only.html
13 Sunday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Citations, Court Orders, Legal Writing
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A Manual for Writing Legal Opinions, Legal Skills Prof Blog
http://bit.ly/1cdVyDb
How U.S. Fifth Circuit Read Briefs, by Raymond Ward, Louisiana Civil Appeals Blog
http://bit.ly/16waJGQ
(Also mentioned by Jeff Richardson in his post on iPhone J.D. Blog under Legal Technology.)
How Many Cases Should I Cite?, by Legal Writing Prof, Legal Writing Prof Blog
http://bit.ly/16vykHJ
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