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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

Megan E. Boyd​


Notes on Contributors


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