2018
- Review of Matthew Butterick’s Typography for Lawyers (Plain Language Column, Mich. Bar Journal Oct. & Nov. 2018)
2015
- The Lawyer’s Struggle to Write (16 Scribes J. Legal Writing 69 (2014–15))
2013
- Faux Words of Precision—Part 1 (Sept. 4, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer Aug. 5, 2013)
- The Enigmatic Em Dash (July 31, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer July 1, 2013)
- Plain-English Style Transcends Ideology (Minn. Lawyer June 3, 2013)
- Fear Not Beginning Sentences with And or But (May 29, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer May 6, 2013)
- Use 5-cent Words for 10-dollar Ideas (Apr. 24, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer Apr. 1, 2013)
- Effective Writing is Efficient Writing (Mar. 27, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer Mar. 4, 2013)
- Is it Time for Contractions in Legal Writing? (Mar. 13, 2013)
- Face it — bad legal writing wastes money (Plain-Language Column, Mich. Bar Journal Mar. 2013)
- Don’t Miss These Marks in Your Legal Writing (Feb. 6, 2013)
- Face it — bad legal writing wastes money (Feb. 20, 2013) (Minn. Lawyer, Jan. 28. 2013)
- The Pitfalls of Sentence Adverbs in Legal Writing (Jan. 9, 2013)
2012
- Legal-Writing Resolutions for 2013 (Part Two) (Dec. 19. 2012)
- Legal-Writing Resolutions for 2013 (Part One) (Dec. 12, 2012)
- Striking Introductions Make Memorable Legal Writing (Dec. 5, 2012)
- Spell-Checkers Won’t Catch These Usage Bungles (Nov. 28, 2012)
- Persnickety Lawyers Hyphenate Phrasal Adjectives (Nov. 21, 2012)
- Simple Legal Writing a Newfangled Idea? Hardly. (Nov. 14, 2012)
- Random Musings on Usage in Legal Writing (Nov. 7, 2012)
- The Motion to Compel: Think Tactically & Keep it Simple (Oct. 31, 2012)
- Smart Firms Cultivate Their Legal-Writing Talent (Oct. 24, 2012)
- Avoiding Sexism in Legal Writing—Man-Ending Nouns and Salutations (Oct. 17, 2012)
- Avoiding Sexism in Legal Writing—The Pronoun Problem (Oct. 10, 2012)
- Don’t Waste Your Time Writing Law-Review Articles (Oct. 3, 2012)
- Eschewing Comfort Words in Legal Writing (Sept. 26, 2012)
- Segways, and Other Homophonic Legal-Writing Blunders (Sept. 19, 2012)
- Legal Writing by Committee (or How to Manage the Cooks) (Sept. 12, 2012)
- Scrubbing Adverbs From Legal Writing (Sept. 5, 2012)
- Russeth’s Rules for Successful Legal Careers (Aug. 29, 2012)
- Legal Writing as Clear Thinking (Aug. 22, 2012)
- Beware of False Writing Snoots (Aug. 15, 2012)
- Bloated Legal Writing? Try the Writer’s Diet, But Don’t Stop Exercising (Aug. 8, 2012)
- Rebutting Ethos and Pathos in Legal Writing (Aug. 2, 2012)
- It’s 2012—Nix Latinisms in Your Legal Writing (July 25, 2012)
- 10 Takeaways from Typography for Lawyers—Part Two (July 18, 2012)
- 10 Takeaways from Typography for Lawyers—Part One (July 11, 2012)
- Eliminating Nominalizations/Buried Verbs in Legal Writing (July 3, 2012)
- Is Good Legal Writing Inherited or Developed? (June 27, 2012)
- To Improve Your Writing, Revisit Some Basics (Jan. 2012) (Part 2)
- To Improve Your Writing, Revisit Some Basics (Dec. 2011) (Part 1)
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