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Shall We? (on the legal profession's attachment to shall), from California Lawyer, March, 2001.

Letter of the Law (on "literally" and literalism), from California Lawyer, May, 2001.

That's Correct ( on the Redskins trademark case), from California Lawyer, July, 2001.

I Know it When I Look it Up ("prurient" and fair notice), from California Lawyer, September, 2001.

Old Words, New Tricks (technology and retronyms), from California Lawyer, November, 2001.