Judith D. Fischer

University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Wilson W. Wyatt Hall

Louisville, KY 40292

United States

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Why George Orwell's Ideas About Language Still Matter for Lawyers

University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2007-02, Montana Law Review, Vol. 68, p. 129, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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George Orwell, Orwellian, language, plain English, legal writing, concise, succinct, prolix, gobbledygook, Newspeak, 1984, Oceania, Winston Smith, politics, clichés, trite, passive voice, active voice, jargon, legalese, foreign words, euphemisms, evasion

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Summing It Up with Panache: Framing a Brief's Summary of the Argument

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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summary of the argument, brief, legal writing, persuasion, lawyer, attorney, advocate, appeal. appellate, Supreme Court

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The Role of Ethics in Legal Writing: The Forensic Embroiderer, the Minimalist Wizard, and Other Stories

Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Vol. 9, p. 77, 2003-2004
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Lawyer, attorney, court, errors, unprofessionalism, legal writing, brief, research, misrepresentation, facts, organization, wordiness, analysis, verbosity, legalese, gobbledygook, clarity, bar, discipline, suspension, Rule 11, sanctions, judges, civility, plagiarism

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Got Issues? An Empirical Study About Framing Them

Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors, Vol. 6, 2009, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 28 May 2010
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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issue statement, brief, question presented

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Avoiding Plagiarism in Legal Documents

Kentucky Bench & Bar, Vol. 68, May 2006, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2008-22
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 10 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 30 May 2008
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Plagiarism, legal writing, lawyer, attorney, copy, document, brief, filed, court, form book, form file, analysis, client, professionalism, Lane, Iowa

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Add Punch to Your Writing

Bench & Bar, p. 80, May 2008, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2008-24
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 12 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2008
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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legal writing, punch, strong verbs, nominalizations, concrete, specific, direct, strings of prepositional phrases, long sentences, vary sentence beginnings

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A Contemporary Take on Strunk and White for Legal Writers

15 Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 127 (2013)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 06 May 2014
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Strunk and White, The Elements of Style, William Strunk, E.B. White, grammar, prescriptive grammar, writing style, descriptive grammar, wordy, wordiness, legal writing, legal writers, books on legal writing

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Bareheaded and Barefaced Counsel: Courts React to Unprofessionalism in Lawyers’ Papers

Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, 1, 1997
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Nov 2013
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Legal writing, lawyers’ errors, attorneys’ errors, misrepresenting the law, grammatical errors, citation errors, wordiness, lateness

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Framing Gender: Federal Appellate Judges' Choices About Gender-Neutral Language

University of San Francisco Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 473, Winter 2009
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2010
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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women, men, male, female, judges, language, gender-neutral, inclusive, sexist, gender-biased, gender-inclusive, framing theory, empirical, feminist

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Incivility in Lawyers’ Writing: Judicial Handling of Rambo Run Amok

Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 51, p. 365, 2011, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2011-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2011
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Civility, Legal Writing, Legal Profession, Rambo Litigation, Lawyers, Attorneys, Sanctions

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Abraham Lincoln as a Legal Writer

Nevada Law Review, Vol. 11, p. 82, 2010
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2011
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Abraham Lincoln, legal writer, succinct, poetry, rhetorical devices, logic, precision

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Implications of Recent Research on Student Evaluations of Teaching

Montana Professor, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 11, Fall 2006, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2007-20
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Student ratings, evaluations, teaching legal writing, instructors, professors, faculty, teaching, university, college, personnel, law school, survey, bias, grades, negative effects, consumer, grade inflation, rigor, peer evaluation, teaching portfolio

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Nix the Acronyms

79 Bench & Bar Magazine 17, January 2015, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2015-08
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2015
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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acronyms, initialisms, legal writing, courts, judges

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The Straight Scoop on the Passive Voice

Bench & Bar Journal, Vol. 74, No. 33, July 2010
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 05 Aug 2010
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Active voice, passive voice, legal writing, changing passive voice to active voice, when passive voice is appropriate

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The Supreme Court and Gender-Neutral Language: Splitting La Difference

33 Women’s Rights L. Rptr. 218 (2012), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2013-14
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2013
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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legal writing, gender, language, linquistics, equality, women's rights, Supreme Court, gender-biased language, gender-neutral language, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Antonin Scalia

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Dismiss Those Sixth-Grade Hobgoblins

Kentucky Bench & Bar, Vol. 69, May 2007, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2008-34
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 17 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2008
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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legal writing, split infinitive, split verb parts, sentence, conjunction, because, repeat word, one-sentence paragraph, there are, it is, myth, rule, hobgoblin, English, syntax, grammar, idiomatic

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Avoid Clichés

Bench & Bar, Vol. 73, p. 48, July 2009, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2009-10
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2009
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Cliche, trite, legal writing, judge, lawyer, opinion, strong language, direct language

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God and Caesar in the Twenty-First Century: What Recent Cases Say About Church-State Relations in England and the United States

Florida Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, p. 485, 2006, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2007-07
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 May 2007 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2007
Judith D. Fischer and Chloe Wallace
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and University of Leeds - School of Law
Downloads 125 (371,081)
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Church, state, religion, government, United States, England, United Kingdom, U.K., Britain, establishment, disestablishment, McCreary County, Van Orden, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Constitution, Ten Commandments, Kentucky, Texas, Muslim dress, Denbigh High School, Islam, school

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How to Improve Student Ratings in Legal Writing Courses: Views from the Trenches

University of Baltimore Law Review, Vol. 34, p. 199, 2004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Student ratings, student evaluations, law school, bias, negative effects, teaching, professor, instructor, law student, legal writing, grades, preparation for class, respect students, unpopular topics

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Is it Good or Bad to Repeat Words?

77 Bench & Bar 23, January 2013
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Legal writing, repeating words, elegant variation, anadiplosis, epistrophe, antanaclasis, rhetorical device

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Misappropriation of Human Eggs and Embryos and the Tort of Conversion: A Relational View

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 32, p. 381, 1999
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Conversion, human reproduction, eggs, semen, embryo, zygote, gamete, ovum, pre-embryo, sperm, cells, fertility clinic, infertility, Irvine fertility scandal, quasi-property, property, cells, relational, conversion, IVF, in vitro, fertilization, Moore v. Regents of the University of California

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The Use and Effects of Student Ratings in Legal Writing Courses: A Plea for Holistic Evaluation of Teaching

Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, Vol. 10, No. 111, 2004
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 May 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Student ratings, evaluations, legal writing, instructors, professors, faculty, administrator, teaching, university, personnel, law school, survey, bias, grades, critique, personality, negative effects, consumer, grade inflation, rigor, peer evaluation, portfolio

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A Rogues' Gallery of Usage Problems

76 Kentucky Bench & Bar Journal 32 (July 2012), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2012-13
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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English usage problems, legal writing, lawyers' writing, begs the question, "as such," media, criteria, indicia, data, deleting the relative pronoun "that," dangling modifiers

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Banishing Writer's Block

Bench & Bar Journal, Vol. 32, July 2011, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2011-11
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2011
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Writer's block, brief, procrastinate, legal writing, outline, rough draft, lawyer

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How Do I Cite? Try Using the ALWD Manual to Find Your Answers

Kentucky Bench and Bar, Vol. 35, January 2005
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Jun 2007
Judith D. Fischer and Susan Duncan
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and University of Mississippi School of Law
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citation, bluebook, ALWD

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Minding the Gaps in Pornography Law

Nexus: A Journal of Opinion, Vol. 10, p. 31, 2005, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2007-15
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 May 2007 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Pornography, women, violence, harm, men, free speech, First Amendment, children, parents, Ashcroft v. ACLU

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Be Direct

Kentucky Bench and Bar Magazine 32 (July 2013), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2014-08
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 04 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2014
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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legal writing, indirect, direct writing, vague, general, passive voice, expletive constructions, weasel phrasing, obfuscate, vivid writing

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Portia Unbound: The Effects of a Supportive Law School Environment on Women and Minority Students

UCLA Women's Law Journal, Vol. 7, p. 81, 1996
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 May 2007 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2013
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Law school, women, men, student, female, male, self-esteem, competent, female faculty, women professors, male faculty, professors, questions, participate in class, study, survey, minorities, law school, supportive

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Public Policy and the Tyranny of the Bottom Line in the Termination of Older Workers

South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 211, 2002
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Termination, older worker, salary, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, ADEA, sociology, psychology, public policy, morale, Wirtz Report, human capital, downsize, Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, Marks v. Loral, disparate impact, proxy theory, proxy doctrine, reasonable factor other than age

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The Law Firm Experience

The Second Draft (Bulletin of the Leg.Writing Inst.), Vol. 20, p. 15, August 2005
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 21 Sep 2007
Susan Duncan and Judith D. Fischer
University of Mississippi School of Law and University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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legal writing

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Walling Claims In or Out: Misappropriation of Human Gametic Material and the Tort of Conversion

Texas Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 8, p. 143, 1999
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Conversion, human reproduction, eggs, semen, embryo, zygote, gamete, ovum, preembryo, genetic, sperm, fertility clinic, child support, birth control, consent, quasi-property, property, cells, conversion, IVF, in vitro, fertilization, Moore v. Regents of the University of California

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A Century in the Life of a Lawyer: Reflections by Joseph A. Ball

California Western Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, 77, 1999
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Nov 2013
Joseph Ball and Judith D. Fischer
Independent and University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Joseph A. Ball, President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Warren Commission, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Pat Brown, Ball Hunt Hart Brown and Baerwitz, Clarence Hunt, McCarthyism

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Pleasing the Court: Writing Ethical and Effective Briefs

PLEASING THE COURT: WRITING ETHICAL AND EFFECTIVE BRIEFS, Carolina Academic Press, 2005
Posted: 10 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

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Lawyer, attorney, court, errors, unprofessionalism, legal writing, brief, research, misrepresentation, organization, clarity, wordiness, verbosity, legalese, court rules, grammar, spelling, punctuation, citation, civility, plagiarism, bar discipline, suspension, Rule 11, sanctions, judges

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Foul is Fair: What Shakespeare Really Thought about Lawyers

Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Vol. 5, p. 157, 1994-1995
Posted: 10 May 2007
Judith D. Fischer
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Lawyers, kill all the lawyers, Shakespeare, Henry VI, Dick, Cade, rebels, revolution, Othello, Richard II, Kornstein