Mark Cooney

@jmarkcooney

Writing geek, law professor, plain-language fan, Scribes Journal editor. Last person on earth who reads poetry daily.

Vrijeme pridruživanja: lipanj 2017.

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    4. velj

    Are you getting excited about the 2020 LWI biennial at Georgetown? Start making your plans to head to D.C. in July. Registration opens later this month ~

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  4. 31. sij
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  5. 31. sij

    re singular “they” -- “The flexibility gained is in avoiding the clumsy ‘he’ or ‘she’ . . . and respecting those who prefer a gender-neutral pronoun.” – Prof Brad Charles and Thomas Myers, Scribes Journal, vol 18, at 82-83 ()

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  6. 30. sij

    Student wrote “nibling” (just one “b”) to cover nieces and nephews. New to me, but it's a word to watch:

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  7. 27. sij

    Help! A fed judge just initialized me: “approval by the EPA of the WVDEP's TMDL programs and regulations promulgated pursuant to West Virginia's SMCRA creates an exception to the CWA's NPDES permit requirements”

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  8. 19. sij

    "Upgraded" to Windows 10 yesterday for free. That was way too expensive.

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  9. 16. sij

    Hey, “pursuant to” fans: Alito “under the Jones Act” Breyer “under Chapter 7” Ginsb “under the statute” Gorsuch “under the Act” Kagan “Under the Lanham Act” Kava “Under the Federal Arbitration Act” Soto “under Rule 29” Thomas “under the FDCPA” Roberts “under 28 U.S.C. § 1253”

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  10. 16. sij
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  11. 16. sij

    Volume 18 of the Scribes Journal of Legal Writing is now available for public consumption. Eat up! The link:

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    13. sij

    From my 14yo: Q. When does a joke become a dad joke? A. When it’s apparent.

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  13. 14. sij

    (real) contract: “the Publisher shall have the right, but not the obligation, to . . . republish the Work” possible edit: “the Publisher may republish the Work”

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  14. 7. sij

    (real) court brief: “when the traffic signal exhibited a green indication” possible edit: “when the light turned green” my authority: Scalia’s dissent in Kyles v. Whitley (“When the light turned green . . . .”)

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  15. 7. sij

    "History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats . . . " -- Elvis Costello, Beyond Belief

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  16. 24. pro 2019.
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  17. 24. pro 2019.

    One animal was seriously annoyed in the making of this photo.

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  19. 19. pro 2019.

    Here's an excellent short piece by that gives reply briefs their due -- and gives us some great tips.

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  20. 17. pro 2019.

    (Real) Complaint: “Subsequent to the enactment of the aforesaid Ordinance the Township Supervisors took no action to enforce said Ordinance . . . .” [18 words] Edit: After enacting the ordinance, township supervisors did nothing to enforce it. [11 words]

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