Law | Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Atticus Finch and White America’s Worst Nightmare

by Katie | Jul 16, 2015 | Law, Social Justice

:: Atticus Finch has, for more than 50 years, allowed white America to sleep at night.

Unexpected Ways Having a Psychiatric Disability Is Annoying

by Katie | Apr 17, 2015 | Disability, Law

:: Did you know that being a person with psychiatrical disabilities (PPD) is annoying? Wait. Let me rephrase. Did you know that the WHOLE WORLD makes it really annoying to be a PPD?

On Page Limits and Concision

by Katie | Nov 17, 2012 | Law, Writing and Publishing

:: At the beginning of every school year, my legal writing students face a double, daunting challenge: to learn to write about a topic they are unfamiliar with (the law) in a dialect that they are unfamiliar with (legal discourse).

Terrible Lawyer Email Signatures

by Katie | Oct 20, 2011 | Law, Writing and Publishing

:: Lawyers sometimes allow legalese to infect their writing—even their email signatures.

Sunlight and Law School

by Katie | Aug 16, 2011 | Freelance Academic, Law

:: Law schools have gone through an immense crisis.

NY Times on the Business of Law School

by Katie | Jul 17, 2011 | Freelance Academic, Law

:: Apropos of my last post on student loan debt, here’s an article on how some law schools seem to be interested in making a lot of money in these hard economic times.