I discovered a few on-line resolutions by some appellate bloggers:
At The Opening Brief, taking his own advice that improvement of one’s writing is a career-long endeavor, Sacramento appellate attorney Tom Caso resolves to work actively on his writing during the year.
At the (new) legal writer, New Orleans appellate attorney Raymond Ward resolves to keep in perspective such legal writing trivialities as whether to put one or two spaces after a period, where to place citations, and whether to fully justify text. Attention to detail is important, he says, but there’s room to disagree on things like this.
I’d like to say that I didn’t come up with any resolutions like this because my writing is already perfect, but alas, these reminders have led me to the same resolutions. We should all jump on board, if you ask me.
If you haven’t already made these resolutions, consider this your notice of default under rule 8.220(a), California Rules of Court, so you have 15 days from today to make your resolutions in a timely fashion.