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Struggling with how to punctuate possessives? Don’t worry—you’re not alone! ☝️ Here are some quick tips to make it easier: ➡️ Don’t be confused about plurals that aren’t possessing anything. When making a noun plural, simply add an -s or an -es (if the word already ends in s or an s sound). There’s no need for an apostrophe in “turtles.” ➡️ Most singular nouns get an apostrophe and an s for possession. “The attorney’s brief” signifies that the brief belongs to the attorney. For plural nouns that end in s, simply add an apostrophe. ➡️ Inanimate objects, buildings, and furniture don’t require apostrophes to establish possession. “The chair leg,” not “the chair’s leg,” tells us that the leg is part of the chair. ➡️ For phrases where you choose whether a noun is plural or singular, just use your preference consistently. So “attorney’s fees” (singular possessive) or “attorneys’ fees” (plural possessive). - #legalwriting #legaleducation #writingtips

Improving your legal writing shouldn't be hard—or boring. That’s where we come in! Get detailed, expert feedback on your writing from Write.law co-founder and legal writing expert Joe Regalia. 🤝 Here’s what you’ll get when you book a writing review with us: ➡️ Writing Survey: Complete a writing survey to help identify your writing strengths and weaknesses. Your reviewer will use your survey results to help tailor feedback to fit your particular needs. ➡️ Red-Lines and Comments: The Write.law team will provide detailed feedback directly in your document. We use in-line comments so that it’s easy to see relevant feedback. ➡️ Writing Sample: Submit your own writing sample to receive personalized writing recommendations. Select up to 15 pages you want reviewed. ➡️ Feedback Report: Your feedback report includes a summary of your writing strengths and weaknesses. It also includes recommendations on how you can fix the biggest pain points in your writing. You’ll receive your comprehensive writing review and report within 10 business days from uploading your document. 📆 Ready to elevate your legal writing skills? Send us a DM, and we’ll provide all the details. 📌 - #legalwriting

Transform your team’s legal writing skills without leaving the office! ⚖️ Write.law’s in-person workshops deliver top-tier training, trusted by leading legal teams worldwide, including AmLaw 100 firms and the U.S. Department of Justice. Every workshop focuses on concrete techniques you can start using right away. Learn it, see real-world examples, then practice it with our trainer, legal writing expert and Write.law co-founder Joe Regalia. Ready to elevate your team’s skills? Send us a DM to schedule your workshop! 📲 We’re here to guide you every step of the way. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8_wJfSt #legalwriting #legaleducation #workshop

Let’s talk about a writing skill that few legal professionals pay enough attention to: modifiers. 📝 They are like the spices of sentences, adding nuance and flavor when handled well—or turning the whole thing into a mess if you drop them at the wrong time. Modifiers describe, limit, or clarify, and usually sit snugly next to the word or phrase they’re modifying. But legal writers often let them wander off, creating sentences that confuse or, unintentionally, amuse. Here are a few tips on how to use them strategically and avoid common pitfalls: ✅ Place them carefully. Misplaced modifiers confuse readers and undermine your credibility. ✅ Choose them deliberately. Every modifier should serve a purpose—clarify, emphasize, or redirect focus. ✅ Edit ruthlessly. Too many modifiers can clutter your prose. Use sparingly for maximum impact. Swipe through the carousel 👉🏻 to explore a few examples in more detail. Modifiers may be small, but they wield power. Use them to sharpen your sentences, reinforce your arguments, and subtly steer your readers toward your perspective. - #legalwriting #legal #legaleducation #lawstudent #lawyerlife 

We’re excited to introduce the new CoDraft, an innovative legal writing and learning app designed to help you write better and faster. ✍ CoDraft combines cutting-edge AI with Write.law’s proprietary legal writing technology to bring you the most advanced legal writing tool. 🤖 This app is powered by a database of thousands of top-tier legal writing examples, developed over more than a decade of research. 🔍 Want to learn more about CoDraft? Drop us a DM! 📱 - #legalwriting #genai

You craft the perfect takeaway from a paragraph, but then you read it again and realize it’s really long. ❎ This happens all the time: paragraphs overloaded with too many ideas stacked one on top of the other. 📑 If you can’t articulate everything that matters in a smooth sentence, rest assured your busy reader won’t be able to either. Swipe through the carousel 👉 to see how to distill a takeaway. This will prevent important ideas from crowding one another and stealing the spotlight. ✍ - #legalwriting

We’ve all been there, staring at that blank page. 📃 There’s a lot of psychology behind the terror of the blank page. But there’s good news, too. ☝ Let’s explore 3 ways to use that prewriting time productively and develop better content, organization, and refinement. ➡️ The Brass Tacks One of the simplest ways to outline is to condense your entire document into your takeaways. With these anchoring sentences in front of you, you’ll find it easier to assemble the supporting pieces. ➡️ The Sales Pitch Aim to create one — yes just one — paragraph that sells the most sizzling parts of your document. Think of it as your elevator pitch. Bonus points if you talk it out with a friend before writing your paragraph. ➡️ The Reconnaissance Writing a brief to exclude an expert witness in a copyright case? Spend a few hours reading briefs others have written on the same topic. Make sure you have a notepad handy. - #legalwriting #legal #writing

One of the biggest challenges in legal writing is maintaining a fresh writing style without repeating annoying, distracting mechanics. ✍ On the other hand, we can’t vary important content that might confuse readers. 🤔 Let’s explore some common mechanics that you can safely vary while steering clear of repeating specifics: 1️⃣ Vary Dialogue Tags If you repeatedly use “plaintiff states” or “defendant argues,” it grates on your reader’s ears. Instead, vary the labels and location of these tags for improved flow. 2️⃣ Vary Transition Words Another common pitfall is leaning too heavily on words like “furthermore,” “however,” and “therefore.” These words are essential, but overusing them makes your writing feel like a list of bullet points strung together. 3️⃣ Vary Prepositional Phrases These are sneaky little culprits of repetition, especially in legal writing. Phrases like “in accordance with” or “with respect to” are often overused and can make sentences feel weighed down. 4️⃣ Vary Your Legal Authority Intros Repeatedly starting sentences with “according to the court” or “as case law states” makes your argument feel clunky. Check out the example to see how to keep it fresh. 5️⃣ Don’t Vary the Content While variety works wonders for your mechanics, your content words—like names of parties, legal concepts, and statutory references—must remain consistent. This is where clarity becomes non-negotiable. Swipe through the carousel 👉 for a deeper look at each tip. - #legalwriting #legal #writing

You can write like the best legal writers by simply adopting the same style structures they use. 📑 Style structures are repeatable, learnable patterns in writing that achieve a rhetorical or persuasion goal. And you can start using them in no time! ✍️ Great legal writers use style structure to draw their readers’ eyes to the takeaways, and they can be organized into five categories: 1️⃣ Echo structures. 2️⃣ Location structures. 3️⃣ Word and phrase structures. 4️⃣ Sound structures. 5️⃣ Concept style structures. Swipe through the carousel 👉 for a deeper look at each structure. Peruse these categories, find a structure that interests you, and practice using it. 📃 - #legalwriting #legaleducation #writing

Did you know that a great editing strategy is to train yourself to spot words or phrases that consistently signal clutter? 💡 Hundreds of words and phrases have made their way into traditional legal writing that add only clutter, ambiguity, or complexity. ❌ By training yourself to look out for these red flags, you can arrive at cleaner prose in no time. 🔎 Swipe through the carousel 👉 to see some of the most common red flags to cut from your legal writing. - #legalwriting #legaleducation #writing