Topic
Legal Document Drafting
58 published works
Dallas Divorce Law Blog
What does “is” mean? The Importance of Drafting
In a meeting yesterday with a client, he asked me why we couldn't agree for the attorney for his soon-to-be-ex wife to draft the final divorce decree so she would…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
a gold mine for teaching legal drafting and transactional skills
University School of Law's Center for Transactional Law and Practice, “Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills—The Basics and Beyond.” Devoted in its entirety to the teaching of drafting and transactional skills, the issue…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Do you know the difference between “in accordance with” and “according to?”
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This guy does - legal drafting scholar, consultant, and adjunct professor Ken Adams.Garner's American Usage Dictionary says that according to means (1) “depending on”; (2) “as explained or reported by…
Legal Profession Blog
Caught Between the Infinite Regress of Rational Choice and Psychological Determinism
Posted by Jeff Lipshaw (cross-posted at Concurring Opinions)I neglected to mention, in my original commentary on the Cerberus opinion over at Concurring Opinions, that I am indebted to Frank Pasquale…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
only 2 days left!
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No, not for free shipping of holiday gifts. Until the extended deadline to submit your proposal for the conference on teaching legal drafting and transactional skills. If you're interested in…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
teaching drafting
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Emory University's Center for Transactional Law and Practice will be holding its first ever conference, on Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond, in Atlanta on May 30…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
How to Expertly Draft Estate Planning Documents
Kevin D. Millard, a partner in the Colorado law firm of Chorney & Millard LLP, has recently published a book entitled Drafting Wills, Trusts, and Other Estate Planning Documents: A…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Flowcharts & Property Disposition
The use of flowcharts is discussed in Roger Andersen & Douglas Oliver, Communicating Clearly: Showing Dispository Preferences with Flowcharts. 29 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 559-568 (2004). The introduction explains…