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Legal Writing Prof Blog
Professionalism alert Part II – California court issues 3 year suspension to prominent lawyer for being a jerk
Related to the story below, figuratively if not literally, a California court has suspended from practice for three years Philip Kay, a very successful and prominent plaintiff's attorney for "outrageous conduct." …
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Professionalism alert: Tell your students that when it comes to their resumes, don’t “gild the lily.”
The National Law Journal reports that given how desperate some job seekers have become in this market, employers are seeing much more resume fraud. Here are some of the more egregious examples…
Dallas Divorce Law Blog
Happy birthday to the Texas Lawyer’s Creed!
By Paul McGrath
The Texas Lawyer's Creed turned 20 years old on November 5, 2009 marking a milestone in the Texas Bar community for the promotion of professionalism and civility in the legal…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Remember to mind your P’s, Q’s and . . . staples
After the story earlier this week about a federal district court judge in Florida who dismissed the plaintiff's filing because it was so "riddled with unprofessional grammatical and typographical errors that nearly…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Tasty solution to bitter discovery dispute
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
A federal judge has ordered a litigant who cursed at an adversary during a discovery dispute to take a CLE class in professionalism and to have dinner with his adversary. One…
Legal Profession Blog
Sotomayor’s High Road, Writes Kelly Anders
[Our occasional guest-poster Kelly Lynn Anders, associate dean for students at Washburn Law and author of The Organized Lawyer, wrote a version of this op-ed for the Missouri Lawyers Media…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Institute for Law Teaching and Learning – Summer Conference on Teaching Skills and Professionalism
By legalwriting
We extend our best wishes for a successful conference to Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning that is housed there is holding its 2009 Summer Conference this…
Legal Ease Blog
Raising the Bar – Dress the Part
By Allison Johs
I came across these presentation tips this week on the BusinessWeek site, reminding us that, whether we like it or not, others will judge us by the way we dress. The tips include looking…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Professionalism berserk? Partner says few excuses for being unavailable via email
By legalwriting
Get this - the online ABA Journal is reporting that a partner at a major law firm tells his colleagues that using the email "out-of-office" auto-reply function is almost never acceptable unless, for…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Professionalism alert – Email etiquette for students along with book recommendation
By legalwriting
Here's some useful advice you may want to pass along to your students (or even a colleague). It comes to us by way of the career counselor column in the Chronicle…