Volume 19
The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Volume 19
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Cover Page
Table of Contents
From the Editor
Articles
Flimsy Claims for Legalese and False Criticisms of Plain Language: A 30-Year Collection
Joseph Kimble
Numbers
Patrick Barry
An IBM Watson Tone Analysis of Selected Judicial Decisions
Kelly VanBuskirk & Matthew R. Letson
40 Writing Hacks for Appellate Attorneys
Brian C. Potts
Taming the Jabberwock: A Plain Redraft of Lewis Carroll’s 1883 Publishing Contract
Mark Cooney
More than Verbs: An Introduction to Transitivit in Legal Argument
Doug Coulson
The Case of the Serial Comma: What Can Plain-Language Drafting Tell Legislative Drafters?
David A. Marcello
Down with Footnotes
Michael B. Hyman
Gluing Qualifiers with a Knife: Another Look at Why a List Might Backfire
Jery Payne
How Not to Impress a Judge with Your Writing
John G. Browning
Focused and Fun: A How-to Guide for Creating Hypotheticals for Law Students
Diana J. Simon
The Science Behind Plain Language
Raymond P. Ward
The Court’s Friends
Guha Krishnamurthi
Three Poems
Rough Winds of May
Brian C. Potts
Angelic Doc Ox
Brian C. Potts
The Lament of Kent
Brian C. Potts
Book Review
Notes on Contributors
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