C-K Legal Writing

Chicago-Kent College of Law's Legal Research and Writing Program: Advancing the Art of Analysis and Advocacy

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Welcome, Dean Krug!

[The Florida Bar @TheFlaBar]

Gooooood morning, #BarExam takers! It's Day 2 of one of the hardest tests on Earth - but don't stress, you're halfway home!

Time to finish strong, leave it all behind you and then hit the parking lot like ... 💃🕺🙌

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

C-K’s LW prof Kari Johnson has an article, “Scaffolding on Steroids,” in the most recent LW Institute publication “The Second Draft”: https://t.co/UslDCRFFFh #legalwriitng

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Welcome, Jean! https://t.co/aNXw9x5E5J

[Illinois Tech - Chicago-Kent School of Law @ChicagoKentLaw]

Today we are glad to welcome our new @CKLawLibrary Director, Jean Wenger, to campus! Learn more about her leadership in the local and national law library community in this profile: https://t.co/1e7ldVFU6n

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Chicago-Kent legal writing prof @AnthonyMKreis on today’s events https://t.co/F6P51LBnLa

[Anthony Michael Kreis, FRHistS @AnthonyMKreis]

“Without a doubt, the Court will shift to the right,” @ChicagoKentLaw Professor Anthony Michael Kreis told Law & Crime. A few thoughts from @stone_geoffrey, @tribelaw, and myself on what might come next are featured in this article. https://t.co/xrjmltvdQF via @lawcrimenews

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Fantastic list of Microsoft Word shortcuts of help to legal writers: https://t.co/QjhpmwuP4h

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Use Oxford commas! Avoid acronyms! And maybe contractions too. https://t.co/rnuG8pmKSU

[Ross Guberman & BriefCatch @legalwritingpro]

Judges Speak Out: The formatting they want. And the words and phrases they don’t! https://t.co/b4X6XDuNmh

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Common among novice legal writers: https://t.co/Ww180mZNEH

[Joseph Kimble @ProfJoeKimble]

Will legal writers ever learn how silly these parenthetical definitions are?

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Clear and precise explanation of a statute. https://t.co/AF2tjseYjx

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

Justice Kagan is such a great writer, Example #2,415. https://t.co/Mlul5NmBvb

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Wise brief-writing advice; it can take a whole lot of expertise, though, to achieve this standard. https://t.co/Y0CeoUu7O6

[Steve Leben @Judge_Leben]

@K_NoiseWaterMD Write a succinct brief that sticks to the points you need to make, makes them with citation to key cases that support you, doesn't repeat points unnecessarily, and has a factual section that's fair and 100% supported by cites to the record.

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Great advice—use planned breaks strategically in bar prep, use them to let your brain rejuvenate and prepare for the next set of study sessions. https://t.co/dIMYrPDkFm

[Melanie D. Wilson @mdwilson_law]

@UTKLaw bar prep peeps-get some rest this weekend. Then back to it. As @executrixie told me today, "no such thing as too much preparation."

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Prof. Streseman, head of our appellate advocacy program, on the learning rewards of oral advocacy. We finish our first year legal research and writing sequence with oral arguments, intending to achieve just these effects: https://t.co/vp0eJMMj3e

[Chicago-Kent MCHS @CKMoot]

Prof. Streseman blogged about oral argument & betterment. https://t.co/sjNIMZiFUK

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Chicago-Kent legal writing prof Anthony Kreis is having a busy week, helping us all understand the Masterpiece Cake decision’s implications. https://t.co/dbtOyN8hFZ

[Illinois Tech - Chicago-Kent School of Law @ChicagoKentLaw]

Prof. @AnthonyMKreis tells @jackmjenkins of @RNS that the #SCOTUS decision in #MasterpieceCakeshop "is a mixed bag and both sides of the issue will likely try to claim a victory." https://t.co/1BIOHYUMcM

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Sensational #legalwriting by some of our fine students! https://t.co/noZRfKqTxp

[Chicago-Kent MCHS @CKMoot]

Even in retirement, these fantastic CKMoot members cannot stop winning brief-writing awards. Chicago-Kent takes 3rd place in 2018 Scribes Brief-Writing Competition. Wonderful work by Erika, Chris, and Anthony. https://t.co/BTBkk56XxQ

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Could be useful for #legalwriting https://t.co/YVkZP7HOfP

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

If you don’t, you’re wasting precious time you could be using on an argument that judge might be interested in. https://t.co/3NIzN6dGIP

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

When a judge stops you and tells you that the panel isn't really interested in the point that you're making -- yikes, move on.

[Michael Gentithes @MikeGentithes]

Read my thoughts on United States v. Microsoft on the ISCOTUS blog! https://t.co/hgl3WtKCa0

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Way to go, Jun! https://t.co/cjeNUOIEUj

[Illinois Tech - Chicago-Kent School of Law @ChicagoKentLaw]

#PROUD: Congratulations to Chicago-Kent Honors Scholar Jun Qiu '18, who has been named one of @NationalJurist's 20 "Law Students of the Year"! #VeryBusy3L @JunQishere https://t.co/9nOGWIEFmD

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

So proud if these advocates and their hard work! Have a great time in Minnesota. https://t.co/uU90dh69Fc

[Illinois Tech - Chicago-Kent School of Law @ChicagoKentLaw]

Good luck to Jack Amaro, Keisha McClellan, Mahira Musani, Tamara Sonenshein, Pauline Panayi and Betul Serbest at the 2018 William E. McGee National Civil Rights #MootCourt Competition in St. Paul, Minnesota! https://t.co/zLoHNaz3dY

[C-K Legal Writing @CKLegalWriting]

Great examples of framing: https://t.co/YaPmRRUjGd