Character is crucial in most popular storytelling practices. Most especially, it is at the core of the modern novel. The late literary critic and novelist John Gardner observed that at…
In a series of decisions starting with Brady v. Maryland in 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court carved out a rule stating essentially that prosecutors violate the due process clause…
Is there anything you wouldn't do for a paying client? Whether you are a solo practitioner or a lawyer in a firm, the realities of the legal business cause money…
American criminal statutes, both state and federal, use various wordings to prohibit certain conduct and to impose punishments. It is therefore natural for the legislative drafter to be concerned with…
Last summer I attended an intensive, weeklong postgraduate writing workshop at Vermont College for Fine Arts given by the novelist and memoirist Andre Dubus III (House of Sand and Fog…
We have a long history of judges saying that (1) little errors in a brief betoken bigger mistakes, (2) less is more, and (3) good briefs demand little physical or…
The late, great Rodney Dangerfield always used to complain: "I don't get no respect." He then proceeded to make fun of himself for this little problem, like this: "When I…
As law firms have become more wary about ethics considerations in making lateral hires, experts say the process of switching legal employers has become more complex.
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Peter Joy: “Potential conflicts are the major reason why law firms are more ethics-wary in hiring laterals.” Photo courtesy of Washington University School of Law.
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Sometimes you'll study a point of technique, experiment some, steep yourself in the literature relating to it, experiment some more, and finally arrive at a strong conviction about what's almost…
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