by The Write House | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog
To be patentable, an invention must be: 1. novel, 2. nonobvious (it must involve an inventive step), and 3. useful (capable of industrial application). To be publishable, a piece of academic legal writing must make a claim that is: 1. novel, 2. nonobvious, and 3....
by The Write House | Jan 1, 2015 | The Write Partner
In a list of 3 or more items with a single conjunction or disjunction, “always insert the serial comma. Some writers insist on omitting the last comma, before the ‘and’ [or ‘or’]. Do not omit the last comma—doing so can cause misinterpretation.” (Judge...
by The Write House | Jan 1, 2015 | The Write Partner
Lawyers should possess semantic exactitude- we should appreciate subtle distinctions between words or expressions that look or sound alike. In this issue, we explain the difference between an abbreviation and an acronym. An abbreviation is “the shortened form of a...
by The Write House | Jan 1, 2015 | The Write Partner
The plaintiff filed pleadings running into 120 pages. The learned judge was not happy. The learned judge struggled through the volumes of jargon. The judge then assessed that all the pertinent material could have been contained in 16 pages. He asked who wrote this...
by The Write House | Dec 30, 2014 | Blog
The Write Partner is not just a newsletter. It’s your career partner. Writer and advocate, counsel and drafter, teacher and student, The Write Partner is your quintessential partner in your professional career. Improving your legal-writing skills is a lifelong...
