Really! Grammar can be fun. Just check out these blogs if you don’t believe me.

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/
http://www.apostropheabuse.com/

HT: Raymond Ward

Every year I teach a Public Speaking for Lawyers class. During that class the students complete a number of different presentations. Persuasive, informative, group, and impromptu scenarios are all covered.

A great way to improve your speaking is to watch or read great speeches. Thanks to the internet this has become a much easier task. With that in mind, I recommend American Rhetoric. It is a great site with over 5,000 of the greatest American speeches.

“Lawyers have played a critical role in our country’s history. Our nation could not have been founded without the efforts of lawyers like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, and others. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and about one-half of the signers of the Constitution were lawyers. Lawyers serve in elected and appointed positions in federal, state, and local governments. In large measure, ours is a society led by lawyers.”

James D. Gordon III, “Lawyers and the Rule of Law,” Life in the Law: Service & Integrity, 2009, 298