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Update: Corporate Annual Reports – Plain-Language Progress?
Last year at about this time, I wrote this in a blog post, “Corporate Annual Reports –...
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Distractions and LSAT Test Prep
Amy Dickinson is a syndicated advice columnist. In a recent installment of “Ask Amy” she responded...
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Note to legal writers: You CAN start sentences with But.
My colleague Joe Kimble has attempted to refute the common superstition against beginning a...
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The Liberty Bell Award Has Michigan Roots
On May 1 each year, thousands of people and organizations across the nation participate in Law Day,...
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Trailblazing Women Chief Justices
Otto Stockmeyer is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University Cooley Law...
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Corral Those Stray Commas Says WMU-Cooley's Otto Stockmeyer
Recently I encountered three examples of comma misuse among legal writers. At first I thought the...
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Tips For Making A Presentation
Lawyers are trained to be expert communicators. Yet speaking before a group can be an intimidating...
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Judge Fitzgerald's Final Precedent
Judge E. Thomas Fitzgerald of Owosso, Michigan, passed away December 27, 2018, at age 79. He was a...
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Brief Award Recipient Becomes Chief Justice
One of Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School’s oldest and finest traditions is presentation...
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