To be clear: The opinion includes lots of citations. He just doesn't indicate quotes in quotes. I think this is fine.
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My article “Suppressing Constitutional Law: Qualified Immunity and Non-precedential Opinions” is out soon in UCLA Law Review.
On SSRN now papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #appellatesky #qualifiedimmunity #legalwriting
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ICYMI: 1st shot at writing and recording a type of easement #LegalWriting #Easement #LandUse #PropertyLaw #Waterline
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1st shot at writing and recording a type of easement #LegalWriting #Easements #Law #ConstructionLaw #DOT
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A helpful thread on self-editing for all kinds of writers. #LegalWriting #journalism
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Stating the issue at the beginning of a sophisticated paragraph can take one, two, or even three sentences. Four won't work.
#ScientificWriting #legalwriting #ProfessionalWriting
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In a paragraph, you never are sure the issue statement has finished until you know you are now launched into the discussion.
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Any recommendations for doing polls on Bluesky? I'm prepping for the new Bluebook T6 Worst Abbr. Tournament!
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Time to bring back this blog: www.unnecessaryquotes.com
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The last sentence of a paragraph can on occasion be used effectively to say something witty, ironic, or even contradictory.
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting #writinghumor
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Each sentence in a paragraph will be understood not by itself, but only in the context made for it by the sentence before it.
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting
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For readers, a paragraph is not experienced as a series of separate sentences. Each sentence must flow into the next.
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting
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Paragraphs have significant beginnings, middles, and ends, but no single, set structure that must be constantly reproduced.
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Daylight Savings trivia for #AppellateTwitter & #LegalWriting: When the Ohio Supreme Court first started efiling, its rules set a daily deadline of “5:00 p.m. EST.” I didn’t want to be the person who tested that by filing at 5:01 p.m. EDT.
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The 5-sentence paragraph taught in school — topic sentence, body, conclusion — rarely exists in professional prose. Forget it.
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Whenever an "and" connects two main clauses, it fails to tell a reader how to connect those clauses. Best avoid this structure.
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #professionalwriting #legalwriting #scientificwriting #mainclause
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The information in a mere phrase is considered by readers to be less important than the information in a dependent clause.
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The information in a dependent clause is considered by the readers to be less important than the information in the main clause.
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Readers think a main clause — a clause that can stand by itself in a sentence — will contain the writer's main thought.
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Why Poor Contract Writing Leads to Costly Disputes
Click the bio link to listen to the full episode.
https://bio.link/robertarnett
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I mean, you should try to resolve comments as you go so that you don’t leave large chunks of analysis undone. But making this a last step ensures that you catch every one. #writing #LegalWriting
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Today’s #legalwriting tip from the Ohio Supreme Court—don’t use any form of the verb “to believe” in any part of an affidavit when the affiant legally has to *know* that what they’re saying is true.
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Reading legalese will be like:
COMES NOW the undersigned party of the first part, jointly and severally, to assert that Defendant’s specious and spurious surplusage is, nunc pro tunc, vexatious and harassing notwithstanding the foregoing feelings about it
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This image shows a man sitting at a desk with a computer, pen and paper, and statue of lady justice.
This essay examines legal writing’s unique nature, benefits & risks of AI-generated text, & stresses the importance of teaching foundational #legalwriting skills alongside #AI use.
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Forget coders; tech companies are desperate for "storytellers"
It's a lesson for #legalwriting students: even if AI takes over some writing tasks, there's still a need for the uniquely human skill of analyzing and explaining things in clear, compelling ways.
www.businessinsider.com/hottest-job-...
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Has #AppellateSky had a good cites-in-footnotes vs cites-in-text debate yet? #LegalWriting
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Alright, law students and former law students. What do you got? #LawSky #AppellateSky #LawSchool #LegalWriting
I’ll go first with a classic:
Estop, Hamer Time
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