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  • Firms with blogs have seen increased revenue; is there a correlation? (video)

    Jun 6, 2013, 11:00 am CDT

  • Language gives us ways to remain honest and tactful–and to preserve client confidences

    Jun 1, 2013, 03:10 am CDT

  • Letters: Magical Thinking

    May 1, 2013, 04:59 am CDT

  • Law prof Chemerinsky offers a syllabus on how the high court can polish its publicity

    May 1, 2013, 03:30 am CDT

  • For the Word Lovers: A look at linguistic phenomena

    May 1, 2013, 03:00 am CDT

  • ‘Big-firm mediocre’ style of legal writing is oddly consistent, ‘curmudgeon’ writes

    Apr 8, 2013, 03:51 pm CDT

  • What judges really think about the phrase ‘May it please the Court?’

    Apr 1, 2013, 02:58 am CDT

  • Legal journalist dies near 50th anniversary of the case he chronicled in ‘Gideon’s Trumpet’

    Mar 25, 2013, 11:41 am CDT

  • Why lawyers can’t write

    Mar 1, 2013, 04:00 am CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: Pool of trained associates will eventually dry up, blogger warns

    Feb 1, 2013, 09:45 am CDT

  • Lawyer-lawmaker blames poor writing for bill that would criminalize abortions by rape victims

    Jan 28, 2013, 07:00 am CDT

  • Is it ‘pleaded’ or ‘pled’?

    Jan 17, 2013, 06:29 am CDT

  • Argument Talk: Tips for Litigators on Raising, Answering and Dropping Points

    Jan 1, 2013, 03:50 am CDT

  • What’s an Error in Language?

    Dec 14, 2012, 03:15 pm CDT

  • Is ‘Benchslap’ Worthy of Black’s Law Dictionary? Editor Tweets Question

    Dec 3, 2012, 07:15 am CDT

  • What’s an Error in Language?

    Dec 1, 2012, 04:09 am CDT

  • A Text on Textualism, Part 2: Garner and Scalia Offer More Outtakes from Their Latest Collaboration

    Nov 1, 2012, 02:50 am CDT

  • Letters: More for the Stage

    Oct 1, 2012, 04:30 am CDT

  • Outtakes from a Treatise: Garner and Scalia Present a Quiz on Textualism: Part 1 of 2

    Oct 1, 2012, 02:20 am CDT

  • Full Transcript of Bryan A. Garner’s Interview with Elena Kagan

    Sep 1, 2012, 02:51 am CDT

  • Kagan’s Teachers: 9th Justice Talks About Her Influences in Writing, Reading and Reasoning

    Sep 1, 2012, 02:50 am CDT

  • Textual Originalism and the Great Sandwich Debate: Posner Reviews Scalia

    Aug 30, 2012, 11:47 am CDT

  • Shall We Abandon Shall?

    Aug 1, 2012, 02:20 am CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: Nix ‘Here-and-There Words’; Has Blogging Changed Corporate Law Practice?

    May 25, 2012, 08:30 am CDT

  • Decisions on Coffee Makers and Baggy Pants Earn Honors for Best Legal Writing

    Jan 5, 2011, 06:29 am CDT

  • Legal Writing Advice: Go Ahead, Split Your Infinitives

    Sep 3, 2010, 06:00 am CDT

  • Legal Writings of SG Nominee are ‘Dense, Hedged and Moderate’

    Jan 7, 2009, 08:34 am CDT

  • Scalia: Legal Writing Doesn’t Exist

    Aug 9, 2008, 02:31 pm CDT

  • Making Your Case

    May 1, 2008, 08:01 am CDT

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    May 1, 2008, 08:00 am CDT

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