by krgp | Jul 18, 2017 | Law School, Practical Skills
Did you know that it is REALLY hard to stop checking your phone or social apps on your computer when you’re trying to work, or do anything else basically? Did you know that it is so hard that there are oodles of apps out there just to stop you from doing those...
by krgp | Feb 15, 2017 | Law Practice, Law School, Practical Skills
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Complete Legal Writer book co-author Katie Pryal (note: she’s also co-blogger here) published an article in Quartz on the role of lawyers under the new presidential administration, in light of the new administration’s somewhat...
by krgp | Jan 17, 2017 | Legal Research, Practical Skills
One can argue whether technology is evolving faster now than it did five years ago, or ten, or twenty. What we do know is that technology is evolving—that’s what technology does. Those who manage to surf the wave of technological evolution, rather than getting...
by krgp | Jan 10, 2017 | Legal Writing, Practical Skills
Writers make mistakes. It’s what we do. The best writers are the ones who can catch the most of those mistakes before releasing their writing into the world. When we’re talking about legal writing, these mistakes can be “big,” that is, mistakes...
by krgp | Dec 28, 2016 | Law Practice, Practical Skills, The Bluebook
Look. Learning legal citation is hard. Even experienced lawyers who have ostensibly already learned citation find citation difficult. But I’d argue that the hardest part of learning legal citation is not mastering The Bluebook, not learning the italics and the...
by krgp | Dec 22, 2016 | Law Practice, Practical Skills, Social Media
I interviewed Professor Rachel Gurvich of UNC Law’s Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy program about Practice Tuesday, a weekly Twitter event that she co-founded and co-hosts about law practice—including how to succeed in legal writing and advocacy. What...
