Why do we tell stories? As my University of San Diego School of Law Professor, Steve Hartwell, often reminded me, “As homo narrans’, we naturally know that the story is the relationship.” Stories give our lives their meaning. We order the chaos of the universe, we learn, we teach, we [...] Read more »
Lawyers Have A Moral Obligation To Write Well
In 1959, George Steiner, the renowned English literary critic, angered many Germans, especially German academics, by announcing in his article “The Hollow Miracle” that the German language was dead. “Open the daily papers,” he wrote, “the magazines, the flood of popular and learned books pouring off the new printing presses; [...] Read more »
Legal Research And Writing: The ‘Two Piles’ Approach
I practiced law full-time for 14 years teaching full-time. I got the reputation as someone who could exhaustively research a complex subject and present the results in a concise, well-organized manner. When you become known as a good writer, you get asked to write a lot. I spent 14 years [...] Read more »