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What Federal JudgesThink About Lawyers' Writing

Georgetown Legal Writing Professor Kristen K. Robbins-Tiscione has written an article that discusses a survey of federal judges who were questioned about lawyers' writing skills. "Only fifty-six percent of the judges surveyed said that lawyers 'always' or 'usually' make their client's best arguments." That can't be good. From CM Law Library Blog .

Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released the Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book . This book was published in 2007, but has just been released to the general public. It includes legislation, procedures, and guidelines related to intelligence and national security. All documents in the book are unclassified.

Friday's Strange Legal News

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