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Feb. 24, 2023

Book Review: Write You Are

If in writing we kept the interests of our judicial audience in mind we would never submit the briefs and motions lawyers are far too often known for.

William Domnarski

Email: domnarski@gmail.com

William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.

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(A review of Diana J. Simon’s book, The (Not Too Serious) Grammar, Punctuation & Style Guide to Legal Writing. Carolina Academic Press. 2022.)

As lawyers we all do it. Whether a little or a lot, we all do it. It’s pretty much part of the job description. I refer to writing, not to seeing the world askance – or even to telling the truth but telling it slant, as Emily Dickinson might say. Diana Simon has writt...

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