This just in: Law schools begin teaching students to be lawyers
According to a recent American Bar Association
Born to write? I think not!
I firmly believe that good legal writing is a learnable skill, accessible to any lawyer who cares enough to learn. In fact, it drives me bonkers when I hear people perpetuating the myth of "either you have it or you don't" when it comes to writing well.
Apparently, you can make a verb out of any old noun these days
We can blog, google, and friend. And now we can cleavage! Or be cleavaged! Who knew?
This is kinda sad
I can see ladies', or even lady's. But ladie's? Total miss.
Lake beach bans lifeguards and swimming!
Spent a lovely weekend swimming in a crispy-cold lake in the Poconos and lounging on the lake's beach.
Romney releases iPhone app, Amercia delights in high-profile typo
If you've ever been mortified by submitting a document with a big ole typo (and who among us hasn't?), you may take comfort in the recent kerfuffle over Mitt Romney's iphone app snafu.
Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this discussion of the use of “hopefully”
Does it drive you crazy when pedants say it drives them crazy when people start a sentence with hopefully? Well, it does me. I've always felt it was perfectly fine to begin a sentence with hopefully. And it turns out I'm in good company.
My PALS summer writing program is coming right up
It's that time again. My annual writing program for PALS (Practicing Attorneys for Law Students, a minority mentoring organization)
Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life
Who better than Snoopy to provide sage advice on writing and life?