A reminder for Washington lawyers: As-of September 1, you no longer need to (and should not) include the P., P.2d, or P.3d reporter information in your citations to Washington decisions. The current Style Sheet reflects the update! I wrote about the change here. #LegalWriting #Citation

#Nebraska attorneys: If you haven't filed an appellate brief in a hot minute: the #formatting rules were massively changed in Jan 2022. If you're using an old template, be prepared to give it a good overhaul.

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I write this comment on student papers: "This sentence is trying to do too much. You need to go step by step to allow the reader to digest each new piece of information before adding another layer of information. Break it up. Let it breathe a bit."

And goodness, this is Exhibit A.

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AI Custom Instructions for Lawyers: How lawyers can use custom instructions in ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools to reduce made-up facts and unsupported assumptions. open.substack.com/pub/elegantl...

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Shorter, tighter documents, arguments, and sentences — with everything that is dispensable proactively disposed of rather than left for the judge to sort out — are more likely to attract and hold the judge’s attention. #LegalWriting open.substack.com/pub/elegantl...

Can I write an amicus brief for this appeal? Who wants to join? The perfect Clear Error case.

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