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In order to tell a story, you have to string your paragraphs together like pearls on a necklace. The thread that holds them together is made up of transition phrases. Here are some examples: As a result Thereafter Therefor In consideration of the foregoing Notwithstanding the foregoing As you can see from what I said […]
Firstly, we showed you how to think like a lawyer. Then we gave you the magic first sentence to make clear to you and the reader the purpose of your correspondence. Then we gave you an example of how to do it. Now let’s talk about the content of the letter. I’ve written books, newsletters, […]
U.S. District Judge Bierly has provided an excellent example this weekend of how to write like a lawyer in his Order setting the five year old boy with a bunny ears hat and his father free from ICE detention. The Order is a tour de force in legal writing, It draws on the Declaration of […]
The controversy over ICE’s breaking into houses with an administrative or internal warrant not issued by a judge takes me back to Professor Hunvald’s criminal law class. It was my first year of law school. In order to write like a lawyer, you must learn to think like a lawyer. Law school teaches you how […]
As a sign from the Universe that I should continue teaching you how to think and write like a lawyer, I received a letter from my health insurance carrier today. This is a perfect example of how NOT to write like a lawyer. My last post said you should always begin with this first sentence […]
The purpose of this blog article is to give you some tips on how to begin to write like a lawyer. You don’t have to be a lawyer to write like one. In fact today’s tip will inform your business letters and even your regular social writing. It will clear the cobwebs and confusion away […]
“I’ve attached a markup of your draft letter to my wife’s lawyers,” said the email from Mark to his lawyer. Matt, the lawyer, thought of his client as a great guy and a great client who pays his bills on time. He is intelligent and interesting. He is in the real estate business and very […]
In Lisann v. Lisann, Virginia’s Supreme Court has added a requirement to the standards for no-fault divorce: not only must a couple live apart for a year (or six months if they have no minor children and sign a separation agreement), but one of them has to continuously intend, for the one-year or six-month period before filing, […]
