MayItPleaseTheCourt.com
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WLF | May it Please the Court Law Weblog of legal news and observations, including a quote of the day and daily updates
Description
The bio is admittedly boring unless you want to know my qualifications. Here’s the real skinny. Why do I write the blog? First, I love to write, and have been writing practically every day for nearly 25 years. In the beginning, according to those who apparently knew, I used to be a terrible writer, even though part of my undergraduate degree was in journalism (the others were radio, TV and film, a.k.a. “Communication Arts”).
My first job, writing a newspaper, speeches and press releases in Richmond, Virginia for an AT&T subsidiary was consequently difficult. My boss, a white-haired woman in her 60’s, terrorized me as a writer, constantly correcting my grammar and story construction. I took more writing classes. I learned to write better, but apparently never good enough to satisfy my boss. Looking back on it, I’m not sure I ever could have.
When I went to law school in Iowa, they taught legal writing. It was a completely different style. Issue, Rule, Analysis and Conclusion. Rote, but then again not. Thankfully, the Iowa Writer’s Workshop allowed law students to expand their skills and practice fictional writing. I learned a lot from that program.
Contact
- J. Craig Williams
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- Newport Beach CA
- United States 92660-2984
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- +1.9498333088
