The Lone Ranger was a legendary character who dedicated his life to pursuing justice in the Wild West. Instead of shooting lawbreakers, he would leave behind a silver bullet and let the law deal with ...

Writing is part of our daily lives - both professionally and personally. Whether it is a quick email to a colleague, a letter, or complex legal brief, effective communication matters. It can make a ...

The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking journal and recognized Professor Michael R. Smith as a prime architect of its creation.

Whether you are writing a brief, a research memorandum or a client report, what you write, and how you write it, communicates your ideas to your audience. Are your sentences wordy and rambling, or ...

When Boechler v. Commissioner was argued, I wrote about how the statute in the case presented several grammar and usage quandaries. Now, the Supreme Court has unanimously agreed: The statute's text is ...

The Harvard Business Review posted an interesting article on the relationship between grammar and hiring in the broader business community. Some notable highlights: Grammar signifies more than just a ...

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Law students who used artificial intelligence on several legal writing tasks were able to complete their assignments faster, but their work product wasn’t consistently better than ...

The Legal English Program is an intensive course of study designed for international students who plan on attending law school in the U.S. as well as for practicing international lawyers seeking to ...

J.D., University of Florida College of Law (1985), With Honors, Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sr. Research Editor - U. Fla. L. Rev. Michael Smith has been a Professor of Law and the Director ...

Our Legal Writing faculty are respected scholars and accomplished practitioners. These professors, the majority of whom hold tenure-track positions, have published widely in scholarly journals.