Comments on: good news/bad news, journal blogging edition

By: Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:34:18 +0000

Trial lawyers, yes. Contract lawyers, not so much.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:18:05 +0000

To a certain extent that is true, but lawyers are presumed to be able to break out of that rut in ways that other specialists are not presumed to be.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:05:11 +0000

Problem is, lawyers by nature don’t speak English, any more than coders do. They speak a highly specialised dialect of technical jargon which is just an incomprehensible to most people as is talk of operating-system kernels. It’s simply a matter of how good any individual is at breaking out of their natural way of thinking in order to explain things to ‘normal’ people (by which I mean anyone other than a lawyer/coder/accountant/etc).

By: Blog Jocky

Blog Jocky — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Shawn Smithwrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt bad news: slashdot (more specifically, the blog we’re nominally affiliated with) called our writing ’surprisingly readable.’ It’s sad that lawyers are supposed to be excellent