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Mastering Legal Language: A Guide to Clear and Effective Legal Drafting

Destination Articles Blog

Step 4: Read and Analyze Legal Writing Examine various documents to see how experts construct persuasive arguments and structure their cases. Pleadings Clearly state the facts of the case and the legal basis for each claim or defense. Adhere to the court’s specific procedural and formatting rules where the pleading is filed.

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No Longer ‘Bad Luck’ On Board

WA Bar News

The firms maritime partners, Dave Danielson and Val Tollefson, were both instrumental in my professional development, giving me case responsibility early on and providing consistent and thoughtful constructive criticism throughout my years as a young lawyer.

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So long, Chevron?: How a Group of New England Fishermen Challenged the Longstanding Chevron Approach.

The Barrister

Here, federal court defers to the administrative agency’s permissible construction of the statute. [5] You can access docketed pleadings, briefs, and argument audio recordings and transcripts. 4] The second step applies when the court cannot clearly discern the meaning of the statute.