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Showing posts with label legal writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legal writing. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2024

My writing is 'not very good,' and other reasons you can't get ahead in our not-really-a meritocracy

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Pxhere CC0 A purported mentor once told me that probably I couldn't find a job in academics because my "writing is not very good.&...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Curmudgeon speaks on decline of grammar, civilization

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Deteriorating grammar and style conventions signal the crumbling of western civilization. I'm a grammar-and-style curmudgeon, so take my...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Comparative law class explores death, migration, more

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Publicdomainvectors.org Law students in my comparative law class examined a range of compelling issues this spring, including medical aid in...
Friday, July 8, 2022

Student comparative law research spans sport, schools, drugs, recidivism, regs, copyright, crypto

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He who learns teaches. — widely cited as an Ethiopian or African proverb, the statement has parallels in other cultures and is sometimes pai...
Friday, May 14, 2021

Comparative law papers examine fin reg, human rights, environment, labor, piracy, sovereignty, and more

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Image by Gordon Johnson via Pixabay Lately, I've been part of interviewing faculty candidates.  In that awkward part of the interview w...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

Video series sharpens writing for law school seminars just in time for research paper deadlines

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I've posted at YouTube a video series aimed at helping law students sharpen their scholarly writing. Eschewing production quality in fa...