Seven Types Of Bad Writing
am 29.09.2006 von http://www.vertretbar.deUnd gleich noch ein schöner Fund, diesmal aus dem Bad Language Blog: Seven Types Of Bad Writing. Besonders gefallen mir Punkte 6 (Needs to go on a diet) und 7 (Has no direction). Leider …
Improve Your Legal Writing
Handakte WebLAWg / LegalWriting.net is a weblog that will help you make your legal writing “clear, correct, direct.” It’s written by Wayne Schiess, the Director of Legal Writing at the University of Texas School of Law and author of Better Legal Writi…
Ghostwritten Exam
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A pointer at the Handakte blog notes a decision by the Cologne Court of Appeals confirming an administrative decision against a law student who failed her comprehensive finals. Todays court press release explains that the stud…
Lawyers avoiding the passive/Vermeidung des Passivs
Transblawg / Arnold Zwicky at Language Log has an entry on The passive in law. This relates to the frequent call by Plain English advocates: ‘Avoid the passive’. Language Log has pilloried this before, and rightly so. Not every use of the passive in…
Juristen müssen schreiben lernen
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / CK - Washington. Von der Pressemitteilung eines Anwalts, die wegen falscher Zeichensetzung kaum verständlich ist, ist es nur ein kleiner Gedankensprung zur Idee, Jurastudenten die Kunst der schriftlichen Darstellung zu vermitteln. In den…
Procrastination: How to Finish a Dissertation - Without the Agony
Jurabilis / But, as soon as I start writing in earnest, my enthusiasm for my work is rekindled, and my progress is slowed by a desire to produce something far beyond my present abilities. So, Im taking a moment for productive procrastination. Here is a list of…
Urban legends/Ich bin kein Pfannkuchen
Transblawg / In an important discussion about doughnuts on an ITI list, Herbert Eppel’s Google search gave me a useful link : Linguist Jürgen Eichhoff, writing in the academic journal Monatshefte, confirms there was no flub on Kennedy’s part. …
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