aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This. I’m looking for hints of how the person will do with students and in a classroom. How do they take the questions — Are they curious? Interested? Defensive? Are they listening? Are they arguing? 050
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialAnne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 25/03/20261000% agree. Question: What are some other basic Word skills that should be in every lawyer’s toolbox? Asking as a prof teaching great future lawyers. #AppellateSly #LawSky 29558
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 06/02/2026It could be a traditional MPT type prompt or it could be an editing task, as I saw some folks suggest they’d like to see, which might be less of a time crunch. 010
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I didn’t see this in the replies, but I wonder if in-interview writing tests might be gaining popularity. (Writing samples have always had the drawback of not knowing exactly how much of the writing is someone else’s editing, but obvs AI has made the problem worse.) 310
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialEllie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Time for an old-school #legalwriting thread crowdsourcing all of the lawyers on here. I'm interested in what you think about law student use of generative AI in writing samples. If you are hiring students, do you think about this? Do you care? 1/2 244416
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Writers: any suggestions for playful writing games to do with students in class? (Classic example = write a story for 2 mins, fold the paper over to show one line only, pass to next person to build on.) I work with adults but welcome games meant for kids, I can make it work! 000
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I think about it the same way as Stephen: it’s like a bad intern who has no possibility of improving or any other redeeming qualities that would make the extra “supervision” labor worth it. But I’m interested to read the new opinion! Maybe it will change my mind. 020
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialJack Metzler (cleaned up) @scotusplaces.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Judge Langholz explains the origin of (cleaned up) and its rapid adoption, and then explains in plain terms why the parenthetical is useful. /2 162
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialJack Metzler (cleaned up) @scotusplaces.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Thanks to @djsziff.bsky.social for alerting me to this important special concurrence from the Iowa Court of Appeals. www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/2... I didn't realize at first that opinion goes beyond simply noting how (cleaned up) is superior to the Bluebook's (citation modified) version /1 1196
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialaznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Another good review, but this time with bonus state law (??!!) content. I appreciate in particular the succinct explanation of why (citation modified) is 👎🙄. bsky.app/profile/djsz... 144
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Another good review, but this time with bonus state law (??!!) content. I appreciate in particular the succinct explanation of why (citation modified) is 👎🙄. bsky.app/profile/djsz... 144
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 16/10/2025My review was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and it’s still one of my favorite things I’ve read in a law journal. BB22 makes me long for the apparently halcyon days of BB20. 161
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Ooh! I haven’t tried it yet, but I did love the logic games. I hope Pips can recapture the magic of trying to seat eight people at a dinner party with different entrees and drinks! 040
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 21/08/2025I love love love this idea of fruit covered in LWI stickers. This is both hilarious and useful! Imagine the puns. 020
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I got a little branded flashlight in a swag bag this summer and liked that. Sort of like mini umbrellas - can never have too many bc they evaporate somehow. 140
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialDavid Ziff @djsziff.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Question for the academic masses: What is conference swag you actually appreciate and use? Please limit your responses to affordable/reasonable things. (A free iPad would be cool, I guess... But come on.) Thanks! 52192
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I also use that bag! It’s a nice size and shape, although admittedly I am mostly putting in my car, which is roomier than Stephen’s bike saddle bags. 030
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Chunks, because they are less messy. But kids seem to prefer wedges. Plus wedges are less work to make. If it’s just me alone in my house the correct approach is to halve the watermelon and use a spoon. 020
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Instead of “recommending” a substantive explanatory parenthetical when the cited authority isn’t otherwise clear to the reader, Bluebook 22 now “requires” the parenthetical in Whitepages Rule 1.5(a). (No change to Bluepage/practitioner rules! But RIP journal article word counts…) 051
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 30/07/2025My aunt said that her friend raised one from a caterpillar and it grew to be 18 inches across! 130
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This huge imperial moth was hanging out on the wall outside my office this morning. Those are standard sized bricks! 181
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialRaul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 03/07/2025“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shovelling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” ― Shannon Hale #AcWri #GetYourManuscriptOut #AmWriting #WritingSky #AcademicSky 0273
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 01/07/2025They should replace LAWN with a Junimo Hut to increase efficiency. 000
Reposted by @aznchew.bsky.socialLegal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD @jalwd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Call for Proposals for commentary and critique, an opportunity to engage with previously published works from the LC&R archive. We will accept and review proposals for commentary and critique on a rolling basis. Submit your proposal to lcr@alwd.org. 123
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I feel seen. North Carolina is just big bites from here until November, with the occasional copperhead scare and a lot of sweating. 030
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I’m also thinking of these signals in the practical usage context and how bringing over the law review complexity to briefs etc often isn’t helpful - different purposes and audiences, different use of sources etc. 030
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 20/06/2025And in a footnote! Agree as always with David. The compare (and now contrast) signals seem like unnecessary complications bc you can write the same sentence without italicizing the signal and it still works. But maybe now invites a bit more explanation for the reader about the sources. 120
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Late to all this, but why must we do this in the citations. Why? WHY? Just compare and contrast in regular sentences. 240
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Mistaking the cite for a multiplication problem? 130
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The number of times I have exclaimed “ooh!” in genuine surprised excitement upon getting an email from the person I watched send me that email 0.004 seconds earlier 🤦🏻♀️ 010
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I’m impressed you were able to save this for step 3! 020
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Haha no worries :) I am trying to be back online but it’s going sporadically at best. 020
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I like this one best for readability—like you wouldn’t have to learn any new signals to understand the point. Could use (of many) for fewer characters. 150
aznchew.bsky.social @aznchew.bsky.social · 07/01/2025If it helps, this is the first week of our second semester. 040
![LANGHOLZ, Judge (specially concurring).
I continue on, beyond what is needed for the court to decide this case, to explain my persistent use of the legal-citation parenthetical (cleaned up) despite the contrary guidance of the latest edition of the Bluebook. See The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation R. B5.3, at 9 (Columbia L. Rev. Ass’n et al. eds., 22d ed. 2025) [hereinafter “Bluebook”]. Some may question—perhaps rightly—the importance of such a technicality. But I find the organic adoption of (cleaned up) to be a remarkable innovation in legal citation that improves the readability of judicial opinions and written advocacy. And (cleaned up) more accurately describes the practice that it notes than the Bluebook’s alternative: (citation modified). In short, (cleaned up) is worth saving. And I hope that the bench and the bar will not be bullied by the Bluebook into letting it die.
The (cleaned up) Parenthetical. In 2017, an attorney proposed a new legal citation practice to address the problem of “excessive punctuation clutter” and “citation baggage” that accumulates when a legal writer quotes authority that itself](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dshgf6a4f3seo55fnm2nd7ku/bafkreicpivmpfxlmpsuy4mdyszoxw2ysg3ql4avi4h3vmpf5t5l44yrrzm)
