Professor B's World of Legal Writing: September 2014

Welcome

Thanks for stopping by my little place on the web. This parking spot is not for me to rant (though there will certainly be some of that), but as a place for my former and current students to converse about the full gamut of law school questions and about the class assignments and goals: you know I feel that conversation is the best learning experience.

So, follow. Check in every few days and chat away: anything is fair game (remember, I live vicariously through all your wild lives). To start, some of you already in law school can express some wisdom since decision time is beginning to arrive for this year’s seniors, and those of you currently being abused can ask the world your questions about the class assignments.

This is for you. Enjoy.

-Prof. B.

Friday, September 19, 2014

sound familiar?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-upskirt-law-overturned-20140919-story.html

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Is following rules that hard?? -- "Counsel’s tactic would not be appropriate for a college term paper"

http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/OilSpill/Orders/9152014Order(OPATestMotToStrike).pdf

see the bottom of page 2

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Arguing in my old home court (always know what you are doing!):

listen to 7:00 to 10:30

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/14/14-30053_9-5-2014.mp3

Monday, September 8, 2014

Have I not always said wording counts:

and I am certain they do often!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

And you think I mention dressing in court too much . . .

http://abovethelaw.com/2014/09/judge-to-attorney-put-on-some-damn-socks/#more-339333

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Maybe facts do not really matter . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/us/politics/the-dubious-sources-of-some-supreme-court-facts.html?_r=1