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Intellectual Property - Yours, Mine & Ours

We should think about copyright and whether we are operating within the bounds of the law every time we put pen to paper or keystroke to keyboard.

Legal writing is usually technical and nonfiction. We use forms from various sources, we quote from cases, and we paraphrase statutes. We don't often consider whether we are infringing on a valid copyright. And usually, we're not.

Except when we are.

Not all writing… Continue reading

Building a Law Career Through Writing

All lawyers are writers, but not all lawyers focus on writing as a career builder. Developing your law career through writing for publication doesn't have to be dull, boring, or a total time drain.

Online publishing in various venues is a good place to start using writing to build a wider legal reputation that can lead to clients. Most law firms have blogs now and writing for the firm's blog… Continue reading

The Business of Publishing is Your Oyster

Publishing opportunities for prose in all its forms have never been greater.  We'll talk about the ones I've used personally and the ones I'm aware of, and answer questions you might have about the various types of publishing, if you like.
The main thing to understand is that if you want to write and publish something other than what your law practice requires in the course of