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Debunking The Efficacy Of Standard Contract Boilerplate: Part V, David Spratt
Debunking The Efficacy Of Standard Contract Boilerplate: Part V, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
After five installments, we can end our discussion of contract boilerplate. We have slashed the outdated language and emerged as a clear and contemporary legal writer. Be willing to adapt what has worked well in the past because change is the foundation of human ingenuity.
Debunking The Efficacy Of Standard Contract Boilerplate: Part Iv, David Spratt
Debunking The Efficacy Of Standard Contract Boilerplate: Part Iv, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
We have belabored the archaic and prohibited use of "said" as a synonym for "the." But this paragraph needs more work. First, the phrase "irrespective of the fact that" is wordy and could be replaced with the plain language alternative of "even though." Second, "one or more of the parties now is, or may become, a resident of a different state" also could be streamlined. The phrase is easy enough to understand but cut to the chase. Replacing this phrase with "either party now or later resides in a different state" does the trick.
Liberty And Justice For All?: A Pathfinder On The Use Of Lyrics As Evidence In Civil And Criminal Trial, Stephanie Washington
Liberty And Justice For All?: A Pathfinder On The Use Of Lyrics As Evidence In Civil And Criminal Trial, Stephanie Washington
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What Inclusive Instructors Do Book Review, Jamie Abrams
What Inclusive Instructors Do Book Review, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Inclusive teaching is not just an aspirational goal. It is our ethical obligation to students. Our students can spend years dreaming of attending law school and working to achieve that goal. They can spend decades paying off the costs of attendance. Law faculty owe every student of all backgrounds, races, religions, genders, learning abilities, ages, socioeconomic statuses, immigration statuses, and military statuses an environment in which they feel like they belong and can thrive. WHAT INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTORS Do powerfully reminds us that inclusive teaching is not identified by obscenity law's "I know it when I see it" murkiness. Rather, it …