The new writing blog Write to Done isn’t tailored to legal writing, but I find it interesting and helpful and have added it to my blogroll. It is as much (or more) about the process of writing as it is about the end product, and even has a category dedicated to blog writing. Whether you are considering a blog or are already blogging, or perhaps aspire to be another Scott Turow or Vincent Bugliosi, you may find it helpful.
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ASU Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog and Podcast Launched
The Arizona State University Ross-Blakley Law Library recently launched a blog and podcast. According to the announcement, both will cover research tips, and the blog will include online tutorials and reviews of legal information sources. Thanks to Law Dawg Blawg for the link.
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“. . . up with which I will not put.”
That’s the end of a sentence allegedly uttered by Winston Churchill to demonstrate the absurdity of a grammar “rule” we’ve all heard. There are several variations attributed to Churchill, but the one I like best is at Thinkexist.com: “The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put.” Professor Wayne Scheiss refers to this as a “mythical rule” and has a good post about it at legalwriting.net, which demonstrates how you can improve your writing by ignoring the rule. I confess I did not know this rule was mythical (I had it drilled into me by my high…
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Bloggers Beware
Kevin O’Keefe at Lexblog posts a link to an article on twelve laws every blogger should know. According to the bullet points, the article covers such issues as a blogger’s duty to monitor comments, the applicability of journalism shield laws, ownership of user-developed content, and more. The article itself begins: Internet activity, and particular [sic] blogging, is being shaped and governed by state and federal laws. For US bloggers in particular, blogging has become a veritable land mine of potential legal issues, and the situation isn’t helped by the fact that the law in this area is constantly in flux. In this article we highlight twelve of the most important…