Legal Writing

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Quiz: Anything Wrong With These Sentences?

Teddy Snyder | Let's test your attorney grammar skills with a communication quiz! Figure out if these sentences are fine or if you can make them better.

Theda C. Snyder - September 26, 2023
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Use Playtime to Improve Your Communication Skills: The Value of Smartphone Word Games

Teddy Snyder | A few smartphone word games to help expand your vocabulary.

Theda C. Snyder - August 15, 2023
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The Perfect Pen, Perfect Pencil

Analog Attorney | Finding the perfect pencil and the perfect pen might change your note-taking game.

Bull Garlington - August 13, 2023
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Getting Your Adjectives in Proper Order (John Bercow Would Be Happy)

Teddy Snyder | Mixing up your adjectives can raise eyebrows at best or muddle your message at worst.

Theda C. Snyder - July 12, 2023
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Emphatic Advice: Don’t Write Like a Flight Attendant

Teddy Snyder | When you find an emphatic auxiliary, a legal double, or a -self pronoun in your writing, give it the necessity test.

Theda C. Snyder - June 21, 2023
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Make Me Love Your Podcast!

Teddy Snyder | Eloquent speakers understand that in every setting, every minute should be informing, perhaps delighting, your audience.

Theda C. Snyder - May 30, 2023
Using Colons and Semicolons in Memos and Briefs

Our legal writing skills series continues with a couple of punctuation marks that often trip up lawyers.

Josh Taylor - February 20, 2023
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How Many Letters Are in the Alphabet? More Than You Think

Get to the Point! | Getting diacritical marks right in your legal documents can make or break your case.

Theda C. Snyder - February 8, 2023
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How Long Is a Paragraph?

Get to the Point | Short paragraphs produce more readable documents.

Theda C. Snyder - November 29, 2022
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A Two-Word Phrase You Seldom Need

Get to the Point | You can get your point across without these extra words.

Theda C. Snyder - November 2, 2022
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