http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-06-20T00:05:28-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bvideo_lexblog_founder_firms_with_blogs_have_seen_increased_revenue/ Kevin O'Keefe, founder of the social media company LexBlog, says that his company's annual State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere report is showing that AmLaw 200 firms with blogs are reporting more revenue growth. "But is it… ABA Journal, Business of Law (Video), Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms, Large Firm, Legal Writing Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:00:51 -0500 44499.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/language_gives_us_ways_to_remain_honest_and_tactful/ Legal Ethics, Legal Theory, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:10:10 -0500 44247.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/letters_magical_thinking/ Legal Ethics, Legal Writing, Letters to the Editor Wed, 01 May 2013 04:59:06 -0500 43790.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/law_prof_chemerinsky_offers_a_syllabus_on_how_the_high_court_can_polish_its/ Judiciary, Law Professors, Legal Writing, U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court Report Wed, 01 May 2013 03:30:19 -0500 43793.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/for_the_word_lovers_a_look_at_linguistic_phenomena/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Wed, 01 May 2013 03:00:54 -0500 43796.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/big-firm_mediocre_style_of_legal_writing_is_oddly_consistent_curmudgeon/ The former big-firm lawyer Mark Herrmann turned his critical eye—along with a scalpel in one hand and an axe in the other—on lawyering and legal writing some years ago, laying out much of it in his 2007 book, The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing… In-house Counsel, Law Firms, Large Firm, Legal Writing Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:51:52 -0500 43640.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/what_judges_really_think_about_the_phrase_may_it_please_the_court/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Legal History, Legal Writing, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Bryan Garner on Words Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:58:10 -0500 43296.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legal_journalist_dies_near_50th_anniversary_of_the_case_he_chronicled_in_gi/ Former New York Times reporter Anthony Lewis has died at the age of 85, just one week after the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case he chronicled in the book Gideon’s Trumpet. Lewis died on Monday as a result of complications from renal and heart failure, the Careers, Obituaries, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Law in Popular Culture, Legal History, Legal Writing, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:41:43 -0500 43421.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/why_lawyers_cant_write/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:00:21 -0600 42779.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_associates_dying_declaration_justin_bieber/ The pool is drying up To an extent, in-house law departments and "New Normal" law firms are benefiting from the investment that "old normal" law firms make in training new associates. "My recollection of the stat is that after five years only two out of ten new… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Criminal Justice, Internet Law, Law Firms, Associates, Legal Writing, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Michigan, Minnesota Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:45:51 -0600 42641.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-lawmaker_blames_poor_writing_for_bill_that_would_criminalize_abortio/ A New Mexico lawmaker says the critics misinterpreted her proposed bill that appeared to criminalize abortions by victims of rape and incest. The bill said procuring abortions in cases of rape and incest could constitute tampering with evidence, a crime meriting a sentence of up to three years in prison,… Criminal Justice, Legal Writing, Legislation & Lobbying Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:00:06 -0600 42553.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_it_pleaded_or_pled/ An ABAJournal.com reader recently questioned the publication’s editorial judgment when a story told of two women who pleaded guilty to criminal charges. “This may be a hanged versus hung question,” said the reader using the name OKBankLaw, “but shouldn’t pleaded in the fourth paragraph be pled?" That… Law in Popular Culture, Legal Writing Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:29:59 -0600 42392.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/argument_talk_tips_for_litigators_on_raising_answering_and_dropping_points/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal Theory, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:50:11 -0600 41962.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/whats_an_error_in_language/ What constitutes a language error? Interesting question—and one that lawyers, as professional rhetoricians, should have a keen interest in. It plunges us straightaway (should that be straightway?) into the middle of what the late David Foster Wallace, in his collection of essays Consider the Lobster (2006), called “the seamy underbelly… ABA Journal, Legal Writing Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:15:58 -0600 42061.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_benchslap_worthy_of_blacks_law_dictionary_editor_tweets_question/ The next edition of Black’s Law Dictionary could include the word “benchslap” if editor Bryan Garner can be persuaded. Garner raised the issue in a tweet, Above the Law reports. “How old is ‘bench slap’?” Garner wrote. “Should I put it in Black’s… Law in Popular Culture, Legal Writing Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:15:03 -0600 41832.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/whats_an_error_in_language/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:09:59 -0600 41589.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_text_on_textualism_part_2_garner_and_scalia_offer_more_outtakes/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal History, Legal Theory, Legal Writing, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Bryan Garner on Words Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:50:23 -0500 41110.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/letters_more_for_the_stage/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Law in Popular Culture, Legal Theory, Legal Writing, Letters to the Editor Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:30:53 -0500 40563.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/outtakes_from_a_treatise_garner_and_scalia_present_a_quiz_on_textualism_par/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Judiciary, Legal Theory, Legal Writing, Bryan Garner on Words Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:20:53 -0500 40636.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/full_transcript_of_bryan_a._garners_interview_with_elena_kagan/ ABA Journal, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal Writing Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:51:51 -0500 40376.abajournal.com