Bryan A. Garner
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Bryan A. Garner is a U.S.
lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written several books about English usage and style, including Garner's Modern American Usage
. He is the editor in chief of all current editions of Black's Law Dictionary
. Founder and president of LawProse, Inc., he serves as Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University
Law School.
, where he was in Plan II (a liberal arts honors program). Garner published excerpts from his senior thesis, notably "Shakespeare's Latinate Neologisms" and "Latin-Saxon Hybrids in Shakespeare and the Bible." These essays have been anthologized in various sources.
Garner attended the University of Texas at Austin (1977-1981) and, upon receiving his B.A., entered U.T. Law School, where he graduated in 1984. He was an associate editor of Texas Law Review. He then clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before joining the Dallas firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, where he was a litigation associate from 1985 to 1988. Then he returned to the University of Texas School of Law as a visiting associate professor and was named director of the short-lived Texas/Oxford Center for Legal Lexicography, while teaching writing and editing seminars at the School. In 1990, he left the University to found LawProse, Inc., a Dallas company that provides seminars on clear writing for lawyers and judges.
Since 2006, Garner has interspersed in his lectures numerous video clips from the many dozens of judges he has interviewed on the art of writing and on advocacy. In 2006–2007, he interviewed eight of the nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court. These interviews are accessible in full at http://www.lawprose.org/interviews/. In addition, Garner has interviewed circuit judges on all the federal circuits. The purpose of these interviews, he has reported, is to create an archive of what American judges in the early part of the 21st century believe about effective writing and advocacy.
On July 8, 2001, The New York Times
ran a front-page Sunday article about a minor controversy that has emerged as a result of Garner's teachings. In various books and articles, as well as in his lectures, Garner has tried to reform the way bibliographic references are interlarded in the midst of textual analysis. He argues for putting citation
s in footnote
s while noting in the text the important nonbibliographic information. He opposes references such as 457 U.S.
423, 432, 102 S.Ct. 2515, 2521, 89 L.Ed.2d 744, 747 as interruptions in the middle of a line. But in judges' opinions and in lawyers' briefs, such interruptions remain the norm. Some courts and advocates around the country have begun adopting Garner's recommended style of footnoted citations, and a surprising degree of internal strife has resulted within some organizations. For example, one appellate judge in Louisiana refused to join in a colleague's opinions written in the new format. Garner says that one of the main reasons for the reform is to make legal writing more understandable to readers without a legal education. Yet he has attracted vehement opposition, most notably from Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and from his coauthor Justice Antonin Scalia
.
Garner has contributed to the field of procedural rules. In 1992, he revised all amendments to the various sets of Federal Rules—Civil, Appellate, Evidence, Bankruptcy, and Criminal—by the United States Judicial Conference. In the early 1990s, he restyled the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which were adopted by the Judicial Conference, adopted by the United States Supreme Court, and enacted by Congress. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were restyled in 1993–1994 and adopted on December 1, 2007. Garner has revised the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the California Rules of Appellate Procedure, the California Judicial Council Rules, the Local Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and most recently the Rules on Judicial-Conduct and Disability Proceedings (for federal courts).
. When the University of Chicago Press undertook the 15th edition of the influential The Chicago Manual of Style
, Garner contributed a chapter on grammar and usage. At 95 pages, that section of the book (Chapter 5) was an accessible, readable explanation of the principles of traditional grammar. In the 16th edition, the chapter grew to 103 pages.
(West Group, Deluxe unabridged 9th edition, 2009)
(West Group, abridged 8th edition, 2005)
(Thomson West, 3rd pocket edition, 2006)
(with Justice Antonin Scalia
, West, 2008)
(foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ABA, 2009)
(Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2009)
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2002)
(Chicago University Press, 2001)
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 1995)
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2004)
(West, 2nd edition, 2009)
(West, 2nd edition revised, 2006)
(Oxford University Press, 2000)
(West Group, 1999)
(West Group, 1999)
(West Group, 1999)
(West Group, 1999)
(by Robert Megarry: Garner edited, Hart Publishing, 2005)
(with Jeffrey S. Kuhn, University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition, 2008)
(Ch. 5 “Grammar and Usage” by Garner, University of Chicago Press, 15th edition, 2003)
United States
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lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written several books about English usage and style, including Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage, edited by Bryan Garner, is a usage guide for contemporary American English. Modern American Usage covers issues of usage, pronunciation, and style, from plurals and literary techniques to distinctions between similar words and the usage of foreign terms.-Editions and...
. He is the editor in chief of all current editions of Black's Law Dictionary
Black's Law Dictionary
Black's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States. It was founded by Henry Campbell Black. It is the reference of choice for definitions in legal briefs and court opinions and has been cited as a secondary legal authority in many U.S...
. Founder and president of LawProse, Inc., he serves as Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
Law School.
Biography
Garner grew up in San Marino, California, and Canyon, Texas. He attended Canyon High School and then the University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, where he was in Plan II (a liberal arts honors program). Garner published excerpts from his senior thesis, notably "Shakespeare's Latinate Neologisms" and "Latin-Saxon Hybrids in Shakespeare and the Bible." These essays have been anthologized in various sources.
Garner attended the University of Texas at Austin (1977-1981) and, upon receiving his B.A., entered U.T. Law School, where he graduated in 1984. He was an associate editor of Texas Law Review. He then clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before joining the Dallas firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, where he was a litigation associate from 1985 to 1988. Then he returned to the University of Texas School of Law as a visiting associate professor and was named director of the short-lived Texas/Oxford Center for Legal Lexicography, while teaching writing and editing seminars at the School. In 1990, he left the University to found LawProse, Inc., a Dallas company that provides seminars on clear writing for lawyers and judges.
Career
As a student at the University of Texas School of Law in 1981, Garner began noticing odd usages in lawbooks—many of them dating back to Shakespeare—and he included them in his first book, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage. That book was published by Oxford University Press in 1987 and is now in its third edition. Since 1990, his main work has been teaching seminars such as "Advanced Legal Writing and Editing," "Advanced Legal Drafting," and "The Winning Brief." To keep pace with modern teaching methods, Garner has set up online seminars on writing and advocacy.Since 2006, Garner has interspersed in his lectures numerous video clips from the many dozens of judges he has interviewed on the art of writing and on advocacy. In 2006–2007, he interviewed eight of the nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court. These interviews are accessible in full at http://www.lawprose.org/interviews/. In addition, Garner has interviewed circuit judges on all the federal circuits. The purpose of these interviews, he has reported, is to create an archive of what American judges in the early part of the 21st century believe about effective writing and advocacy.
On July 8, 2001, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
ran a front-page Sunday article about a minor controversy that has emerged as a result of Garner's teachings. In various books and articles, as well as in his lectures, Garner has tried to reform the way bibliographic references are interlarded in the midst of textual analysis. He argues for putting citation
Legal citation
Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions , statutes, regulations, government documents, treaties, and scholarly writing....
s in footnote
Footnote
A note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a text. The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text, or both...
s while noting in the text the important nonbibliographic information. He opposes references such as 457 U.S.
United States Reports
The United States Reports are the official record of the rulings, orders, case tables, and other proceedings of the Supreme Court of the United States. Opinions of the court in each case, prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions, and any concurring or dissenting opinions are...
423, 432, 102 S.Ct. 2515, 2521, 89 L.Ed.2d 744, 747 as interruptions in the middle of a line. But in judges' opinions and in lawyers' briefs, such interruptions remain the norm. Some courts and advocates around the country have begun adopting Garner's recommended style of footnoted citations, and a surprising degree of internal strife has resulted within some organizations. For example, one appellate judge in Louisiana refused to join in a colleague's opinions written in the new format. Garner says that one of the main reasons for the reform is to make legal writing more understandable to readers without a legal education. Yet he has attracted vehement opposition, most notably from Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and from his coauthor Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
.
Garner has contributed to the field of procedural rules. In 1992, he revised all amendments to the various sets of Federal Rules—Civil, Appellate, Evidence, Bankruptcy, and Criminal—by the United States Judicial Conference. In the early 1990s, he restyled the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which were adopted by the Judicial Conference, adopted by the United States Supreme Court, and enacted by Congress. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were restyled in 1993–1994 and adopted on December 1, 2007. Garner has revised the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the California Rules of Appellate Procedure, the California Judicial Council Rules, the Local Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and most recently the Rules on Judicial-Conduct and Disability Proceedings (for federal courts).
English Grammar and Usage
As a grammarian, Garner has written books on general English usage, including Garner's Modern American UsageGarner's Modern American Usage
Garner's Modern American Usage, edited by Bryan Garner, is a usage guide for contemporary American English. Modern American Usage covers issues of usage, pronunciation, and style, from plurals and literary techniques to distinctions between similar words and the usage of foreign terms.-Editions and...
. When the University of Chicago Press undertook the 15th edition of the influential The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
, Garner contributed a chapter on grammar and usage. At 95 pages, that section of the book (Chapter 5) was an accessible, readable explanation of the principles of traditional grammar. In the 16th edition, the chapter grew to 103 pages.
Books by Bryan A. Garner
- Black's Law DictionaryBlack's Law DictionaryBlack's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States. It was founded by Henry Campbell Black. It is the reference of choice for definitions in legal briefs and court opinions and has been cited as a secondary legal authority in many U.S...
(West Group, Deluxe unabridged 9th edition, 2009)
- Black's Law Dictionary
(West Group, abridged 8th edition, 2005)
- Black's Law Dictionary (Pocket)
(Thomson West, 3rd pocket edition, 2006)
- Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
(with Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
, West, 2008)
- Garner on Language & Writing
(foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ABA, 2009)
- Garner’s Modern American Usage
(Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2009)
- The Elements of Legal Style
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2002)
- Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises
(Chicago University Press, 2001)
- A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 1995)
- The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts
(Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2004)
- The Winning Oral Argument: Enduring Principles with Supporting Comments from the Literature
(West, 2nd edition, 2009)
- The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style
(West, 2nd edition revised, 2006)
- The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
(Oxford University Press, 2000)
- A Handbook of Basic Law Terms
(West Group, 1999)
- A Handbook of Business Law Terms
(West Group, 1999)
- A Handbook of Business Law Terms
(West Group, 1999)
- A Handbook of Business Law Terms
(West Group, 1999)
- A New Miscellany-at-Law: Yet Another Diversion for Lawyers and Others
(by Robert Megarry: Garner edited, Hart Publishing, 2005)
- The Rules of Golf in Plain English
(with Jeffrey S. Kuhn, University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition, 2008)
- The Chicago Manual of StyleThe Chicago Manual of StyleThe Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
(Ch. 5 “Grammar and Usage” by Garner, University of Chicago Press, 15th edition, 2003)
Articles by Bryan A. Garner
- What Makes for a Successful Mash-up Neologism?, The New York Times Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010, p.16.
- A Writing Group Is a Great Way to Help Your Prose, Student Lawyer, Jan. 2006, pp. 10–11.
- A Recap of 2005 in Grammar, Usage & Writing, 2006 Green Bag Almanac 19–28.
- What Separates the Good Prose from the Bad?, Student Lawyer, Nov. 2005, pp. 10–11.
- How Well Does He Write? John Roberts Pens Lucid, Adeptly Punctuated Opinions – with Occasional Congestion, The Legal Times, 12 Sept. 2005, p. 62.
- Make the Time to Enjoy These Classics on Law, Student Lawyer, Sept. 2005, pp. 12–13.
- Although IRAC Works for Exams, Avoid It in Practice, Student Lawyer, May 2005, pp. 10–11.
- Don‘t Know Much About Punctuation: Notes on a Stickler Wannabe, Texas Law Review, vol. 83, pp. 1443–52 (2005).
- Follow These 10 Writing Tips to Succeed at Your Law Firm, Student Lawyer, Mar. 2005, pp. 12–13.
- The Art of Boiling Down: James Fitzjames Stephens as Drafter and Lexicographer, Green Bag, Autumn 2005, pp. 27–35.
- Judges on Effective Writing: The Importance of Plain Language, Michigan Bar Journal, Mar. 1994, pp. 326–27, repr. in Michigan Bar Journal, Feb. 2005, pp. 44–45.
- Can You Beat Journal Editors at Word Picks?, Student Lawyer, Jan. 2005, pp. 12, 14.
- Editor‘s Column: Bryan Garner Counsels Appellate Lawyers and Judges on Effective Legal Writing (interview by Dorothy Easner), The Record, Winter 2005, pp. 20–22.
- The Year 2004 in Grammar, Usage & Writing, Green Bag, Winter 2005, pp. 201–06.
- A Secret to Success: Never Fail to Brief the Cases You Study, Student Lawyer, Nov. 2004, pp. 14, 16.
- Keeping a Journal Every Day Can Help Hone Your Writing, Student Lawyer, Sept. 2004, pp. 10, 12.
- Learn about Writing from Experts Who Wrote These Classics, Student Lawyer, May 2004, pp. 10–11.
- Making Peace in the Language Wars, Green Bag, Spring 2004, pp. 227–35.
- Great Lawyers Seek the Highest Level of Writing Competence, Student Lawyer, Mar. 2004, pp. 10–11.
- Law Review Pages Are (Rife or Ripe?) with Wrong Words. Can You Find Them?, Student Lawyer, Jan. 2004, pp. 11–12.
- Legal Lexicography, Green Bag, Winter 2003, pp. 151–61.
- Set Your Cites on this Great Style Debate, Student Lawyer, Nov. 2003, pp. 10–11.
- Footnoted Citations Can Make Memos and Briefs Easier to Comprehend, Student Lawyer, Sept. 2003, pp. 11–12.
- Put the Action in Your Verbs, and Your Verbs in Active Voice, Student Lawyer, May 2003, pp. 10–11.
- Writing Instructors Need Your Support, Because Schools Give Them So Little, Student Lawyer, Mar. 2003, pp. 10–11.
- Test Your Skills Against Editors of Law Reviews, Student Lawyer, Jan. 2003, pp. 9–10.
- As a Lawyer, You Will Need to Know and Use Standard English, Student Lawyer, Nov. 2002, pp. 10, 12.
- Effective Writing Requires Lifelong Commitment to Honing the Craft, Student Lawyer, Sept. 2002, pp. 10–11.
- Demand Letters Are Designed to Produce Results for Your Clients, Student Lawyer, Apr. 2002, pp. 9–10.
- Take this Quiz to Gauge Your Grammar Skills, Student Lawyer, Feb. 2002, pp. 10, 12.
- Judges on Briefing: A National Survey, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 8, pp. 1–34 (2001-2002).
- Word Definitions Can Vary Greatly Between the Legal and the Nonlegal, Student Lawyer, Dec. 2001, pp. 10–11.
- Students Who Want to Be Good Writers Can Learn a Lesson from Tiger Woods, Student Lawyer, Oct. 2001, pp. 10–11.
- S/he/it Happens, but Prose Can Be Gender Neutral in Better Ways, Student Lawyer, Apr. 2001, pp. 8–9.
- “Writing Stutterers” Can Learn to Relax by Not Worrying about the “Rules”, Student Lawyer, Feb. 2001, pp. 12–13.
- Afterword, Court Review, vol. 38, p. 28 (2001).
- Clearing the Cobwebs from Judicial Opinions, Court Review, vol. 38, pp. 4–8, 10, 12 (2001).
- Take this Quiz to Determine Your Knack for Word Use, Student Lawyer, Dec. 2000, pp. 8–9.
- How Serious Is Your School about Writing?, Student Lawyer, Oct. 2000, pp. 16, 18.
- Using Certain Words Can Be Insensitive — even If the Dictionary Does Not Agree, Student Lawyer, Apr. 2000, pp. 14–15.
- To Answer Questions about Grammar and Word Usage, Consult the Proper Sources, Student Lawyer, Feb. 2000, pp. 12, 14.
- The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Wright, Texas Law Review, vol. 76, pp. 1587–1605 (1998). (Reprinted and updated in Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 7, pp. 1–25 (2000).
- The Citational Footnote, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 7, pp. 97–106 (2000).
- How Can You Take Your Writing from Mush to Masterpiece?, Student Lawyer, Dec. 1999, pp. 11–12.
- Writing Well in Law Is a Perpetual Struggle for Clarity, Student Lawyer, Oct. 1999, pp. 16–17.
- Introduction, SMU Law Review, vol. 52, p. 657 (1999).
- The Three Parts of a Brief, Trial, Mar. 1999, pp. 92–93.
- The Art of Legal Writing, For the Defense, Dec. 1998, pp. 19–21.
- Debriefing Your Briefs, Trial, Oct. 1998, p. 85.
- Unclutter the Text by Footnoting Citations, Trial, Nov. 1997, pp. 87–88.
- Using the Flowers Paradigm to Write More Efficiently, Trial, May 1997, pp. 79–80.
- Issue-Framing: The Upshot of It All, Trial, Apr. 1997, pp. 74–76.
- Reconstructing Lindley Murray‘s Bibliophilic Legacy, Bookman‘s Weekly, 13 Jan. 1997, pp. 73–74.
- Ten Questions for Bryan Garner, The Scrivener, Fall 1996, pp. 1, 6–7.
- Remembering Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee, Review of Litigation, vol. 15, pp. 169–75 (1996).
- The Uncivil Lawyer: A Scourge at the Bar (with Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee), Review of Litigation, vol. 15, pp. 177–201 (1996).
- Plain Language: An Excerpt from A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Michigan Bar Journal, vol. 74, pp. 1062–65 (1995).
- The Deep Issue: A New Approach to Framing Legal Questions, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 5, pp. 1–39 (1994–1995).
- The Legal-Writing Skills Test, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 5, pp. 107–40 (1994–1995).
- Two Publishers Reprint Historical Law Dictionaries, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 5, pp. 167–68 (1994–1995).
- Planning an In-House Writing Workshop?: Reflections from a Veteran CLE Instructor, CLE J. & Register, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 5–11 (1993).
- In Praise of Simplicity but in Derogation of Simplism, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 4, pp. 123–24 (1993).
- Briefs to the Supreme Court, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States 91 (1992).
- The Style of Supreme Court Opinions, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States 607–11 (1992).
- The Lawyer‘s “Imply,”in Proceedings of the American Dialect Society (1992).
- On Beginning Sentences with But, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 3, pp. 87–93 (1992), repr. in Michigan Bar Journal, Oct. 2003, pp. 43–44.
- Colloquiality in Law, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 3, pp. 147–48 (1992).
- Insane Committees, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 3, p. 151 (1992).
- Three Steps Toward Plain Language, The Subpoena (San Antonio Bar Ass‘n), pp. 10–11 (April 1992).
- An Excerpt from The Elements of Legal Style: Rooting Out Sexism, Michigan Bar Journal, vol. 70, pp. 942–43 (Aug. 1991).
- An Approach to Legal Style, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 2, pp. 1–35 (1991).
- The Wright–Garner–Maugans Correspondence on Complimentary Closes, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 2, pp. 83–99 (1991).
- Alliteritis, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 2, p. 145 (1991).
- Vocabulary-Building in the First Circuit, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 2, pp. 150–55 (1991).
- On the Name of the “SJLW,” Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 2, pp. 160–63 (1991).
- Word-Karma, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 16 (21 Jan. 1991).
- Excerpts from A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Michigan Bar Journal (October 1990).
- A Scholar‘s View of Book Preservation, in Proceedings of the Conference on the Global Responsibility of Law Librarians, p. 113 (Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1990).
- An Uninformed System of Citation: The Maroonbook Blues, Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, vol. 1, pp. 191–96 (1990) (debating Prof. Douglas Laycock).
- The Missing Common-Law Words, in the State of the Language [a decennial anthology], 1990, ed. C. Ricks & L. Michaels (Univ. of California Press, 1990), pp. 235–45. (Essay reviewed in Legal Linguistics, The Legal Times, 23 April 1990, p. 54).
- Smelling of the Inkhorn: Vocabulary-Building with Judge Selya, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 16-17 (15 Feb. 1990).
- Pronunciation‘s Scofflaws, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 13, no. 10, p. 12 (16 Oct. 1989).
- Novelties in Lawyer Talk, The Appellate Advocate, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 9–12 (Summer 1989), repr. The Scrivener, pp. 3–6 (Winter 1989).
- Going Hence Without Day, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 13, no. 10, p. 12 (16 Oct. 1989).
- Trippingly Off the Tongue: Doublets and Triplets of the Legal Idiom, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 14-15 (18 Sept. 1989), repr. in Maricopa County Lawyer, vol. 9, no. 5, p. 9 (May 1990).
- The Language of Appellate Advocacy, Litigation, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 39–42, 58 (Summer 1989), repr. in Appellate Practice Manual 188–96 (ABA, 1992).
- The Oxford Law Dictionary: A Historical Dictionary for English-Speaking Jurisdictions, The Law Librarian [London], vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 55–56 (Aug. 1989).
- Lapsus Memoriae, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 13, no. 5, p. 9 (15 May 1989).
- Cruel and Unusual English: When Judges Play with Words, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 12–13 (20 Feb. 1989).
- On Pun Control, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 12, no. 11, p. 15 (21 Nov. 1988).
- The Word on the Street, ABA Journal, vol. 74, p. 105 (Dec. 1988).
- On Legal Style, ABA Journal, vol. 74, pp. 101–02 (Oct. 1988).
- The Hearsay Rule and Its Exceptions (with Barbara M.G. Lynn), University of Houston CLE Program, How to Offer and Exclude Evidence (April 1988) [course booklet].
- A Grammatical Grotesquerie in Texas Practice, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 12 (18 July 1988), repr. DALS Diary, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 13-15 (Aug. 1988).
- Testamentary Depositions and Other Curiosities, Dallas Bar Headnotes, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 13 (16 May 1988).
- Finding the Right Words, Michigan Bar Journal, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 762–64 (1988).
- Latinate Past Participles as Metrical and Stylistic Variants in Shakespeare, Language and Style, vol. 19, pp. 242–47 (1986).
- UTmost Interviews John Simon, UTmost, pp. 36-40 (Winter 1984).
- Learned Length and Thund‘ring Sound: A Word-Lover‘s Panegyric, Verbatim, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1–3 (Winter 1984).
- Shakespeare‘s The Taming of the Shrew, V.II.54, The Explicator, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 16–17 (Spring 1983).
- Etymological Overlap: Analogous Derivatives in English, Verbatim, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 20–21 (Autumn 1983).
- Latin-Saxon Hybrids in Shakespeare and the Bible, Studies in the Humanities, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 39–44 (June 1983), repr. in a Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama (Amsterdam: John Benjamins 1987), abridged as Shakespeare's Latin-Saxon Hybrids, the Shakespeare Newsletter, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 40 (Winter 1983).
- Shakespeare‘s Learned Language, The Shakespeare Newsletter, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 40 (Winter 1983).
- Shakespeare‘s Latinate Neologisms, Shakespeare Studies, vol. 15, pp. 149-70 (1982), repr. in a Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama (Amsterdam: John Benjamins 1987), abridged as Shakespeare as Latinate Wordmaker, The Shakespeare Newsletter, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 40 (Winter 1983).
- A Note on Holofernes‘ Pronunciamentos, American Notes & Queries, vol. 20, nos. 7 & 8, pp. 100–01 (Mar./Apr. 1982).
- Meretricious Words, or the Quean‘s English, Verbatim, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1–5 (Winter 1982).
- A Note on the Ambiguity of Macbeth‘s “Intrenchant,” American Notes & Queries, vol. 20, nos. 3 & 4, pp. 39–43 (Nov./Dec. 1981), repr. in American Notes & Queries, vol. 21, nos. 3 & 4, pp. 36–40 (Nov./Dec. 1982).
Articles about Bryan A. Garner
- Steve Blow, "Grammar Expert Emphasizes Practicality," Dallas Morning News, February 2010, pp. 1B-2B.
- Roy M. Mersky & Jeanne Price, “The Dictionary and the Man: The Eighth Edition of Black’s Law Dictionary, Edited by Bryan Garner,” 63 Wash. and Lee L. Rev. 719–33 (2006).
- David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage,” Harper’s Magazine, April 2001, pp. 39–58; repr. more fully in Wallace’s book Consider the Lobster (2005).
- “Editor’s Column: Bryan Garner Counsels Appellate Lawyers and Judges on Effective Legal Writing (interview by Dorothy Easner),” The Record, Winter 2005, pp. 20–22.
- Carlton Stowers, “Courtly Language,” Dallas Observer, 19–25 July 2001, pp. 20–21.
- William Glaberson, “Legal Citations on Trial in Innovation v. Tradition,” The New York Times, 8 July 2001, pp. 1, 16.
- Nancy Kruh, “Bryan Garner: The Lawyer and Lexicographer Is a Man of His Words,” Dallas Morning News, 9 May 1999, High Profile §, at E1, 4–5.
- Johnston, Bar Leader, July–Aug. 1991, pp. 24–25, 27.
- Brett Campbell, “Songs in the Key of Law,” Barrister, 22 Sept. 1989, pp. 14ff.
- Horne, The American Lawyer, Dec. 1988, p. 102.
- “High Profiles,” Dallas Morning News, 16 Dec. 1987, at H1.
- Laura Mansnerus, “Lawyer Talk? You Could Look It Up,” The New York Times, 11 Dec. 1987, at B8.
Further reading
- David Foster WallaceDavid Foster WallaceDavid Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
, Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage, Harper's Magazine, April 2001, pp. 39-58; repr. more fully in Wallace's book Consider the Lobster (2005).
- Editor's Column: Bryan Garner Counsels Appellate Lawyers and Judges on Effective Legal Writing (interview by Dorothy Easner), The Record, Winter 2005, pp. 20–22.
- Johnston, Bar Leader, July-Aug. 1991, pp. 24–25, 27.
- Brett Campbell, Songs in the Key of Law, Barrister, 22 Sept. 1989, pp. 14ff.
- Horne, The American Lawyer, Dec. 1988, p. 102.
- High Profiles, Dallas Morning News, 16 Dec. 1987, p. H1.
- Laura Mansnerus, Lawyer Talk? You Could Look It Up, The New York Times, 11 Dec. 1987, at B8.
External links
- Listen to a two-hour interview http://www.kera.org/radio/talkshow/ProgramDetails.lasso?&id=4404&program=talkshow&show=The%20Talk%20Show with Garner on KERAKERA (FM)KERA is the National Public Radio affiliate station for North Texas. Based in Dallas, Texas the station's main transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas with translators that serve Tyler , the Sherman/Denison area , and Wichita Falls...
90.1. You can download the mp3 podcast of the interview here: 1 and Hour 2. - Biography at the Texas Law Review
- Clearing the Cobwebs on Judicial Opinions, from the Summer 2001 issue of Court Review 21