Apparently our acting AG has been taking briefwriting lessons from sovereign citizens
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BREAKING: Donald Trump just filed his emergency stay in the DC circuit to keep his name on the Kennedy Center & it is batsh** crazy
He clearly wrote big pieces himself
We have filed our opposition, fighting for the rule of law & the American people
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Seems Bad that the acting AG appears to be getting briefwriting lessons from sovereign citizens
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17 Mar 2025
"A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a brief."
— Franz Kafka ✍️
Master the art of precision in legal writing, clarity and brevity set great lawyers apart💚
#monday #mondaymusings #law #lawstudent #legalwriting #briefwriting
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One of the best things about law firm holiday parties is running into former students (not pictured) who are just killing it and can still name check the big briefwriting assignment 6-12 years later!
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30 Apr 2024
Competent appellate briefwriting is a learnable art not restricted to present or former members of the biglaw lawyers' club. Belief to the contrary is an illusion fostered by shame/prestige myths which permeate urban biglaw culture.
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Excited to talk about briefwriting at South Texas College of law tomorrow! Grabbed some real life briefing examples to demonstrate my Glengarry Glen Ross- inspired theory of legal writing. #appellatetwitter
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1 Jan 2024
My partners often wonder WTH inspires the references in my briefwriting. Partial view behind the curtain.
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31 Dec 2023
Absolutely! Here's a succinct response:
"Focused on concise, theme-aligned posts. #BriefWriting #ConsistentTheme."
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17 Oct 2023
I write motions and appellate briefs for other lawyers. No way could I do my job effectively without having litigated in trial courts for some time. Skillful pitch selection is the most important part of briefwriting, and it develops out of trial court experience. In my opinion.
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15 Aug 2023
AI will be kind of like Westlaw or Lexis: A great tool for briefwriting, but only as good as the input.
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21 Dec 2022
wishing each of you the same persuasive energy in briefwriting as my kid has in written submissions on why we should get an Xbox
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At that stage of briefwriting where I'm getting high on my own supply: "man, I can't lose this!" (reality check to follow)
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31 May 2022
This is just briefwriting.
31 May 2022
Twitter has necessitated a new defensive style of writing where you have to anticipate every possible argument, tangent, and exception related to what you’re tweeting and try to address all of them plus your original point in the tweet*.
It’s exhausting.
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26 May 2022
SOME of his advice is good. Some of it is quite bad.
He's at his best when he's talking about the craft of writing.
At his worst when he's talking about the mechanics of briefwriting.
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16 Dec 2021
I aspire to be a “swashbuckling Jew.” Somehow, “briefwriting Jew carving out an empire in his quest for new clients, appellate victories—and revenge” doesn’t have the same panache.
8 Oct 2021
Really excited to have time blocked off tomorrow to roll up my sleeves and jump into Westlaw. #QualifiedImmunity #BriefWriting #Nerd
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10 Aug 2021
Best summary of appellate briefwriting I've ever seen. #appellatetwitter
I'm really bothered by a thing and I need to figure out how to write about it well.
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9 Jun 2021
Outstanding thread by @AthulKAcharya on the importance of aesthetics in briefwriting. The only thing I dispute is his preference for two spaces after a period (sorry, @chadpekron), but other than that I agree with everything in this thread. #appellatetwitter #legalwriting
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